Spatial and temporal variation in local stormwater infrastructure use and stormwater management paradigms over the 20th century

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Hale, Rebecca L ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Management history; Media analysis; Stormwater infrastructure; Stormwater management; Urban transitions

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; STORM SEWERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT HISTORY; MEDIA ANALYSIS; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATERS;

STORMS;

FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PARADIGM SHIFT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORMWATER; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 85010715482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8070310     Document Type: Article

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