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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Stormwater Infrastructure"”.
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Sustainability analysis of distributed, green stormwater infrastructure
… grow in population and density of development, stormwater management has become a higher priority for municipal leaders, civil engineers, and residents. Traditional gray infrastructure, i.e., large, piped conveyance networks, effectively removed stormwater runoff and all its associated problems …
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Evaluation of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Monitoring Protocols
… landscapes, also referred to as urbanization, stormwater management has evolved in an effort to address and counteract impairment of waterways in the United States by extensively implementing best management practices (BMPs) or Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI). Facilities are installed …
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Green stormwater infrastructure, preference, and human well-being
… cities across the world implemented Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI), a strategy that uses vegetation to manage stormwater. While evidence suggests that GSI provides ecological benefits to the urban environment, we know little about how GSI impacts human health and well-being. We know …
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Understanding perceptions and adoption of green stormwater infrastructure
… perceptions of key attributes of green infrastructure influence their attitudes toward adoption. In addition, this dissertation provide useful insights into the relationship between the diversity of green infrastructure tools that local jurisdictions across the US support with policies …
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Choosing green over gray : Philadelphia's innovative stormwater infrastructure plan
… and impacted soils-have serious problems with stormwater, and those problems are only growing as urbanization proceeds and climate change causes more severe weather events. Historically, cities have used gray infrastructure to manage stormwater; this is not only costly but causes an array of …
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Green stormwater infrastructure, complete streets, and interagency collaboration in San Francisco
In many US cities, the implementation of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) in the right-of-way remains problematic. On one hand, many cities' policies are espousing the Complete Streets model, an approach whereby streets should serve multiple users and purposes and combine different design …
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The role of reliability in characterizing green stormwater infrastructure in urban areas
… of modern sustainability challenges. Green infrastructure— the use of nature-based solutions to target, treat, and store stormwater at its source— has emerged as a possible solution. While green infrastructure does offer multiple benefits for urban users, its performance is also highly …
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Identifying Key Factors for the Implementation and Maintenance of Green Stormwater Infrastructure
… items based on relevant studies and state stormwater manuals. Fairfax County, VA was used as a case study to evaluate the County's current stormwater program and illuminate common maintenance issues found for each GSI type. Data analysis of 3141 inspection records illustrated particular …
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Persisting Social Vulnerability, Stormwater Infrastructure, and Planning for Flooding and Resilience in Washington D.C.
While Green Infrastructure (GI) has gained prominence in addressing climate change, particularly in flood prevention and other associated benefits. Limited empirical studies have explored its spatial distribution and temporal changes in relation to the whole stormwater infrastructure. This …
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Characterization of co-benefits of green stormwater infrastructure across ecohydrologic regions in the United States
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) systems such as rain gardens, permeable pavement and bioswales are commonly used in municipalities to reduce urban flooding and water pollution. In conjunction with these direct benefits, GSI systems provide additional social and ecological "co-benefits". Our …
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Designing green stormwater infrastructure for hydrologic and human benefits: an image based machine learning approach
… to catchment-wide implementation of green infrastructure (e.g., decentralized green storm water management practices such as bioswales, rain gardens, permeable pavements, tree box filters, cisterns, urban wetlands, urban forests, stream buffers, and green roofs) to replace or supplement …
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Guiding green stormwater infrastructure planning through socio-ecological vulnerability: An integrated and spatially scalable prioritization framework
"Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI; e.g., rain gardens, bioswales, green roofs) is widely used as a climate change mitigation strategy for its potential to reduce stormwater management problems (e.g., poor water quality, increased streamflow velocities, and flood risk due to impervious …
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Environmental Psychology and Urban Green Space: Supporting Place-Based Conservation in Philadelphia, PA
Green space and stormwater infrastructure are of valued importance within the City of Philadelphia, but little research exists on understanding the unique contribution that green spaces can make in developing environmentally-conscious citizens. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this project aims …
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Development of a Performance Index for Stormwater Pipe Infrastructure using Fuzzy Inference Method
Stormwater pipe infrastructure collects and conveys surface runoff resulting from rainfall or snowmelt to nearby streams. Traditionally, stormwater pipe systems were integrated with wastewater infrastructure through a combined sewer system. Many of these systems are being separated due to the …
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Road Diets and Greenways: Barriers and Strategies for More Innovative Infrastructure
Decision-makers for road and stormwater infrastructure across America are faced with numerous problems that require immediate action. These decision-makers are faced with an option when the time arises to consider alternatives for these infrastructure systems: abide to the status quo solution or …
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Preference Construction and Decision-Making for Green Infrastructure: How Do Behavioral Interventions Influence Choice and Neurocognition?
"Nature-based solutions", such as green stormwater infrastructure, take advantage of natural systems to tackle the increasing challenges facing the built environment. Green infrastructure is effective in reducing stormwater runoff for urban stormwater management using connected green space. Green …
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An analysis of water quality discharging into the Berg River at Paarl, Western Cape
… urban and peri-urban areas of South Africa, stormwater infrastructure is frequently being used as a conduit for the daily discharge of effluents resulting in the deterioration of rivers and other receiving water bodies. This study investigates the pollution load from urban localities entering …
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INFLOW: Spatially Integrating Local Water Capture into Gugulethu and Surrounds, Cape Town
… years has placed pressure on the water supply infrastructure, with dams at times, precariously low. To address this, stormwater harvesting is being considered as part of diversification strategies aimed at augmenting the current water resources. This local water capture strategy however, needs …
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Identifying controls on and potential solutions to storm water flooding in urban area- a case study of the UA campus
… and flood extent. To investigate the effect of stormwater infrastructure on flooding conditions, a simulation without the drainage infrastructure was conducted. The results show that stormwater infrastructure decrease flooding extent and volume by factors of 2.5 and 15 respectively. To identify …
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Public knowledge and stormwater quality in Cape Town, South Africa: a case study of the Liesbeek River
It is widely recognized that stormwater is one of the main contributing factors to the deterioration of water quality in urban rivers. The problem is partly caused by the design of conventional stormwater infrastructure, which is intended to remove runoff as quickly and efficiently as possible. In …
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