Impact of green roofs on stormwater quality in a South Australian urban environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 651-659

  Razzaghmanesh, M ^a   Beecham, S ^a   Kazemi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Green roofs; Stormwater quality; Water sensitive urban design

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IRRIGATION; ROOFS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS; GREEN ROOF; INTERNATIONAL WATERS; STORMWATER QUALITY; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGNS;

POTABLE WATER;

ALUMINUM; ASPHALT; BORON; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; ZINC;

ALUMINUM; ASPHALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRATE; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; ROOF; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; TURBIDITY; URBAN DESIGN; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREEN ROOF SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

GREEN ROOFS; STORMWATER QUALITY; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING; RAIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84886860285     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.047     Document Type: Article

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