Restoring a stream through retention of urban stormwater runoff: A catchment-scale experiment in a social-ecological system

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1161-1168

  Walsh, Christopher J ^a   Fletcher, Tim D ^a   Bos, Darren G ^a   Imberger, Samantha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Stormwater control measures; Stream restoration; Urban stormwater; Watershed scale

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; RUNOFF; STAKEHOLDER; STORMWATER; STREAMWATER; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN PLANNING; WATERSHED;

EID: 84943417510     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682422     Document Type: Article

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