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Adapting the social-ecological system framework for urban stormwater management: the case of green infrastructure adoption

Ecology and Society, 2016
Stormwater management has long been a critical societal and environmental challenge for communities. An increasing number of municipalities are turning to novel approaches such as green infrastructure to develop more sustainable stormwater management ...
Carli D. Flynn, Cliff I. Davidson
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Integrative Assessment of Stormwater Infiltration Practices in Rapidly Urbanizing Cities: A Case of Lucknow City, India

Hydrology, 2021
The lack of strategic planning in stormwater management has made rapidly urbanizing cities more vulnerable to urban water issues than in the past. Low infiltration rates, increase in peak river discharge, and recurrence of urban floods and waterlogging ...
Jheel Bastia, Binaya Kumar Mishra, Pankaj Kumar   +2 more
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Developing a Framework for Smart Stormwater Management in Tallinn, Estonia

Engineering Proceedings
The recently revised European Urban Wastewater Directive 91/271/EEC has prompted a shift in urban stormwater management across Europe. The directive emphasizes the importance of improving stormwater monitoring to prevent urban water quality degradation ...
Kristjan Suits, Anatoli Vassiljev, Katrin Kaur, Kerta Kõiv, Nils Kändler, Ivar Annus   +5 more
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Review of best management practices for aquatic vegetation control in stormwater ponds, wetlands, and lakes [PDF]

, 2013
Auckland Council (AC) is responsible for the development and operation of a stormwater network across the region to avert risks to citizens and the environment.
Champion, Paul, McBride, Chris G., de Winton, Mary, Jones, Hannah Frances Emily, Özkundakci, Deniz, Edwards, Tracey, Clayton, John, Hofstra, Deborah, Rowe, David K., Wells, Rohan, Hamilton, David P.   +10 more
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Design and Modelling of Urban Stormwater Management and Treatment Infrastructure for Communities in Wuse, Abuja [PDF]

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology
Effective stormwater management can be used to regulate water quantity and quality for environmental sustainability, flood control, pollution reduction and other advantages of civil engineering infrastructures.
O. J. Oyebode and A.M. Umar
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Enhanced Passive Stormwater Infiltration Improves Urban Melia Azedarach Functioning in Dry Season

Frontiers in Climate, 2022
Urban water management projects involving stormwater harvesting, detention, and infiltration are being increasingly combined with urban greening to support adaptation and resilience to the changing climate.
Xanthia Gleeson, Tim Johnson, Tim Johnson, Gobert Lee, Yifei Zhou, Huade Guan   +5 more
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THE COST OF MANAGING STORMWATER

Journal of Green Building, 2012
INTRODUCTION Stormwater has long been recognized as a substantial contributor to water quality impairments. Development has increased the area of impervious surfaces and disrupted the natural flow path for precipitation. In developed areas, large volumes of untreated stormwater runoff increase erosion and pollutant transport to surface waters ...
Joanna E. Allerhand, K. Brian Boyer, P. E. Jamie McCarthy, Mark S. Kieser   +3 more
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Stormwater Quantity and Quality Management Options in Rapidly Urbanizing Watersheds: The Case of Mbezi River Catchment in Dar Es Salaam-Tanzania

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Over the past two decades there has been a growing worldwide concern about the ability of urban infrastructure systems to withstand the increasing impacts of urban population and climate change.
G. J. Mhina, P. R. Mapinduzi
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Highly Resolved Rainfall-Runoff Simulation of Retrofitted Green Stormwater Infrastructure at the Micro-Watershed Scale

Land, 2020
Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI), a sustainable engineering design approach for managing urban stormwater runoff, has long been recommended as an alternative to conventional conveyance-based stormwater management strategies to mitigate the adverse ...
Sami Towsif Khan, Fernando Chapa, Jochen Hack   +2 more
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Highway Agency Stormwater Guidance Document

, 2004
The Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program addresses pollutants entering our waters from certain storm drainage systems owned or operated by local, county, state, interstate, or federal government agencies.

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