Stormwater Management for Smart Growth

• Main Authors: Davis, Allen P. (Author), McCuen, Richard H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Environmental management.; Civil engineering.; Water pollution.; Civil Engineering.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

Land development to support population increases and shifts requires changes to the hydrologic cycle. Increased impervious area results in greater volumes of runoff, higher flow velocities, and increased pollutant fluxes to local waterways. As we learn more about the negative impacts of these outcom...