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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental ManagementOver 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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Stormwater Management BMP Report and Website: Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technologies BMP Manual [PDF]
, 2003 The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) received money in 2001 from the New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP) to create a manual and a website of Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technology Best Management Practices.
Couture, Steve
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano +3 more
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The necessity of the integral way of stormwater planning and management with a focus to the city of Pirot [PDF]
Tehnika, 2015 The paper presents problems of stormwater drainage on urban areas, with a focus on the city of Pirot. In the city of Pirot drainage problems have previously been addressed inadequately, the traditional way, based on collecting all stormwater from the ...
Milićević Dragan B. +2 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Integrating urban land use policies with food systems is becoming a widespread global strategy to build resilient socio‐ecological systems and address the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanization. Yet varying degrees of integration have raised questions about its efficacy and hindered broader adoption.
Lijun Summerhayes, Douglas Baker
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Water Resources Research, 2019 Stormwater detention basins are significant components for the sustainable management of urban stormwater, aiming to control stormwater quantity (prevent from flooding) and quality (trap particulate pollutants by settling).
Xiaoxiao Zhu, Gislain Lipeme Kouyi
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Town of New Durham Stormwater Management & Erosion Control Project [PDF]
, 2010 Appledore Engineering worked with the New Durham Planning Board to develop a stormwater management and erosion control ordinance and to adopt complimentary improvements to the town’s site plan review and subdivision ...
Town of Durham
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Hurricane‐induced risk contagion in commercial real estate: Evidence from Hurricane Sandy
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how hurricane‐induced destruction affects the prices of nearby undamaged commercial real estate properties, using Hurricane Sandy as a natural experiment. Using Real Capital Analytics transaction records spatially merged with Federal Emergency Management Agency building‐level damage data, we empirically employ a difference ...
Lu Fang +3 more
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Stormwater management the American way: why no policy transfer?
AIMS Environmental Science, 2015 From the 1940s until the 1980s the federal government gradually extended its authority over the structure of the American stormwater management system. The goal was to improve the water quality of the nation’s waterways by regulating the pollution loads ...
David P. Dolowitz
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Town of Newington Stormwater Management Project [PDF]
, 2010 The UNH Stormwater Center worked with the Newington Planning Board to improve the town’s site plan review regulations to better manage ...
Town of Newington
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