Stormwater quality improvement potential of an urbanised catchment using water sensitive retrofits into public parks

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 315-324

  Raja Segaran, Ramesh ^a   Lewis, Megan ^a   Ostendorf, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioretention; GIS; Impervious surface areas; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FILTRATION; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY CONTROL; STORMWATER; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84900466173     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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