Ecological engineering in a new town development: Drainage design in The Woodlands, Texas

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1639-1650

  Yang, Bo ^a   LI, Ming Han ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological planning; Flood control; GIS; Ian McHarg; Stormwater management; Urban planning; Watershed assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL PLANNING; GIS; IAN MCHARG; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; WATERSHED ASSESSMENT;

DESIGN; ECOLOGY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PLANNING; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STREAM FLOW; URBAN PLANNING; WATERSHEDS;

DRAINAGE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FLOODING; FLOW PATTERN; GIS; PIPING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; STORMWATER; STREAMFLOW; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957760687     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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