Economic incentives for stormwater control
Dealing with stormwater runoff in urban areas is a problem that is getting bigger and more expensive. As we cover porous surfaces with impervious structures--commercial buildings, parking lots, roads, and houses--finding places for rainwater and snowmelt to soak in becomes harder. Many landscapers, architects, planners, and others have proposed that the use of "green" localized management practices, such as rain gardens and bio-swales, may function as well as traditional "gray" pipes and basins…
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- Full title :Economic incentives for stormwater control / edited by Hale W. Thurston.
Summary
Dealing with stormwater runoff in urban areas is a problem that is getting bigger and more expensive. As we cover porous surfaces with impervious structures--commercial buildings, parking lots, roads, and houses--finding places for rainwater and snowmelt to soak in becomes harder. Many landscapers, architects, planners, and others have proposed that the use of "green" localized management practices, such as rain gardens and bio-swales, may function as well as traditional "gray" pipes and basins at reducing the effects of stormwater runoff, and do so in a way that is more at.
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- Publication Date:2012
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- Publisher(s):Taylor & Francis
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012
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"A CRC title.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Physical Object
- Description:Online-Ressource (x, 232 p) : ill
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781439845608, 1439845603, 1283279541, 9781283279543
- oclc:ocn839021655
- LC Classification:TD665
- Dewey Decimal:363.72/84
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