Regulating urban surface runoff through nature-based solutions – An assessment at the micro-scale

Environmental Research

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 135-144

  Zölch, Teresa ^a   Henze, Lisa ^a   Keilholz, Patrick ^b   Pauleit, Stephan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DHI WASY GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Ecosystem services; Evapotranspiration; Green infrastructure; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RAIN; STORM WATER; WATER;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODING; GREENSPACE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MITIGATION; RAINFALL; RISK FACTOR; RUNOFF; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID BALANCE; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); RUNOFF; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GERMANY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GERMANY; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 85019763899     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.023     Document Type: Article

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