Exploring the effects of green infrastructure placement on neighborhood-level flooding via spatially explicit simulations

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-128

  Zellner, Moira ^a   Massey, Dean ^a   Minor, Emily ^a   Gonzalez Meler, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Northeast Illinois; Stormwater simulation tools; Urban planning; Urban stormwater management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CURBS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOODS; STORM SEWERS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION;

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; ILLINOIS; IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT SIMULATIONS; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATERS; URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT;

STORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979210534     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.04.008     Document Type: Article

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