Assessment of low impact development for managing stormwater with changing precipitation due to climate change

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-173

  Pyke, Christopher ^a   Warren, Meredith P ^a   Johnson, Thomas ^a   LaGro, James ^b   Scharfenberg, Jeremy ^c   Groth, Philip ^c   Freed, Randall ^c   Schroeer, William ^c   Main, Eric ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Criterion Planners   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate scenarios; Impacts; Land use; Management; Site planning

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; IMPACTS; LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SITE PLANNING; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REDEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WARMING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053564188     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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