Sustainable urban drainage systems: examining the potential for green infrastructure-based stormwater management for Sub-Saharan cities

Natural Hazards

Volumn 82, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-257

  Mguni, Patience ^a   Herslund, Lise ^a   Jensen, Marina Bergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Stormwater management; Sub Saharan cities; SUDS; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962750672     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2309-x     Document Type: Article

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