Hydrology of a vegetable raingarden and implications for vegetable growth

WSUD 2012 - 7th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design: Building the Water Sensitive Community, Final Program and Abstract Book

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Richards, Paul J ^a   Tom, Minna ^b   Farrell, Claire ^a   Fletcher, Tim D ^a   McCarthy, David T ^b   Williams, Nicholas S G ^a   Poelsma, Peter J ^b   Milenkovic, Keysha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIORETENTION; MELBOURNE; PUBLIC SPACE; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINGARDEN; RUNOFF RATES; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBAN RUNOFF; URBAN STORMWATER; WATER-SAVING;

BIOFILTRATION; DEGRADATION; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; STORMS; VEGETABLES; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84862003753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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