Green infrastructure design for stormwater runoff and water quality: Empirical evidence from large watershed-scale community developments

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2038-2057

  Yang, Bo ^a   Li, Shujuan ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community planning; Drainage design; Ecological planning; GIS; Ian McHarg; Landscape performance; Multifunctional landscapes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; RUNOFF; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY PROJECT; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; QUALITY ENHANCEMENT; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; WATER QUALITY DATA;

STORM SEWERS;

EID: 85015853082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5042038     Document Type: Article

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