Using the hydrologic footprint residence to evaluate low impact development in urban areas

Low Impact Development 2010: Redefining Water in the City - Proceedings of the 2010 International Low Impact Development Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1721-1729

  Damodaram, Chandana ^a   Giacomoni, Marcio H ^a   Zechman, Emily M ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Runoff; Sustainable development; Urban development; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

GREEN ROOF; HYDROLOGIC FLOW; LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; PARKING LOTS; PEAK FLOWS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RECEIVING WATERS; RUNOFF VOLUMES; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN WATERSHED;

FLOODS; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 77954903773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41099(367)148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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