Will it rise or will it fall? Managing the complex effects of urbanization on base flow

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 293-310

  Bhaskar, A S ^a   Beesley, L ^b   Burns, M J ^c   Fletcher, T D ^c   Hamel, P ^d   Oldham, C E ^b   Roy, A H ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision framework; Groundwater; Low impact development; Urban development; Urban stream management; Water sensitive urban design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALIA; BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84960881495     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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