Bioretention cell efficacy in cold climates: Part 1 - hydrologic performance

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1210-1221

  Khan, U T ^a,b   Valeo, C ^a,b   Chu, A ^a   van Duin, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c The City of Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioretention; Cold climate; Hydraulic conductivity; LID; Prairie hydrology; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

BIORETENTION; COLD CLIMATE; LID; PRAIRIE HYDROLOGY; URBAN RUNOFF;

EXPERIMENTS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CELL ORGANELLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRAIRIE; RUNOFF; SOIL TYPE; STORMWATER; URBAN CLIMATE; VOLUME;

EID: 84869065891     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l2012-110     Document Type: Article

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