Urban Rainwater Utilization and its Role in Mitigating Urban Waterlogging Problems-A Case Study in Nanjing, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3757-3766

  Zhang, Xingqi ^a   Hu, Maochuan ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Xu, Youpeng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cistern; Rainfall; Rainwater harvesting; Runoff volume reduction; Urban waterlogging problem

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; BUILDING TYPES; CISTERN; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; CRITICAL RAINFALL; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCIES; DAILY RAINFALL; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; HIGH POTENTIAL; NANJING; NANJING , CHINA; PER UNIT; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL DURATION; RETURN PERIODS; RUNOFF VOLUMES; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; UNDERLYING SURFACE; URBAN WATERLOGGING PROBLEM;

MAPS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; ROOFS; RUNOFF; STORMS;

RAIN;

EXPLOITATION; HARVESTING; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERLOGGING;

CHINA; FUJIAN; NANJING [FUJIAN];

EID: 84866140413     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0101-6     Document Type: Article

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