Front gardens to car parks: Changes in garden permeability and effects on flood regulation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 485-486, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 329-339

  Warhurst, Jennifer R ^a,c   Parks, Katherine E ^a   McCulloch, Lindsay ^b   Hudson, Malcolm D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem services; Flood regulation; Flooding; Permeability; Urban land use

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GARAGES (PARKING); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL FLOODING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; IMPERMEABLE SURFACE; INTENSE RAINFALLS; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; SURFACE PERMEABILITY; URBAN LAND USE;

FLOODS;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; GARDEN; GIS; LAND USE; PEAK FLOW; PERMEABILITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CAR PARK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; FLOW RATE; GARDENING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; PERMEABILITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PERMEABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; SOUTHAMPTON [SOUTHAMPTON (ADS)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FLOOD REGULATION; FLOODING; PERMEABILITY; URBAN LAND USE;

AUTOMOBILES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; GARDENING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84908294599     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.035     Document Type: Article

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