Identification and quantification of the hydrological impacts of imperviousness in urban catchments: A review

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1438-1448

  Jacobson, Carol R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impervious surfaces; Runoff; Stormwater models; Urban remote sensing; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATERS; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE SOIL; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION IMPERVIOUS SURFACE SOIL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79952438362     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.01.018     Document Type: Review

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