A comprehensive typology for mainstreaming urban green infrastructure

Young, Robert F.; Zanders, Julie; Lieberknecht, Katherine; Fassman‐Beck, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.048

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“…While there are multiple terms in use to describe hybrid ground-level SCMs (Mell, 2013;Young et al, 2014;Fletcher et al, 2015), here we refer to them as green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). As seen in Figure 1, GSI facilities are found across the Abbreviations: CSO, Combined Sewer Overflow; GSI, Green Stormwater Infrastructure; LID, Low Impact Development; NPDES, National Pollution Discharge Elimination System; SCM, Stormwater Control Measure.…”

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Temporal Evolution of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategies in Three US Cities

McPhillips

Matsler

2018

Front. Built Environ.

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Over the last several decades, interest in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has rapidly increased, particularly given its potential to provide stormwater management in conjunction with other ecosystem services and co-benefits such as urban heat island mitigation or habitat provision. Here we explore the implementation of GSI in three US cities -Baltimore (Maryland), Phoenix (Arizona), and Portland (Oregon). We examine the trends in GSI construction over several decades, highlighting changes in implementation rates and GSI types with concurrent regulatory and economic changes. Additionally, we discuss the implications of these GSI portfolios for ecosystem service delivery in urban areas. Results indicate that Portland's quantity of GSI is approximately ten times greater than the quantity of GSI in Phoenix or Baltimore. However, Baltimore has the most diverse portfolio of GSI types. In Phoenix, regional stormwater policies focused on flood control have led to retention basins being the dominant GSI type for decades. In contrast, Portland and Baltimore both have had substantial changes in their GSI portfolios over time, with transitions from detention or retention basins and underground facilities toward filters, infiltration facilities, and swales. These changes favor increased water quality function as well as provision of other ecosystem services. Additionally, we find evidence that each city followed a different GSI implementation pathway, with Portland's combined sewer overflow program influencing initial development of GSI, while state legislation and regional water quality pressures played a major role in Baltimore's GSI development. By studying the evolution of GSI in these different cities, we can see the variability in stormwater management trajectories and how they manifest in different suites of benefits. We hope that continued research of GSI implementation and performance will identify opportunities for future improvement of these infrastructures.

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Temporal Evolution of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategies in Three US Cities

McPhillips

Matsler

2018

Front. Built Environ.

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“…Numerous countries, including Poland, are currently interested in implementing the principles of sustainable stormwater management and source control of run‐off, by means of applying such systems as Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), Best Management Practices (BMPs), Low Impact Development (LID) or Green Infrastructure (GI) (Stovin ; Quinn and Dussaillant, ; Young et al , ; Li and Bergen, ). These include, among other designs, green roofs.…”

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Hydrological performance of green roofs in the context of the meteorological factors during the 5‐year monitoring period

Burszta‐Adamiak

Stańczyk

Łomotowski

2018

Water & Environment J

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Green roofs as solutions that can offer varying levels of stormwater management are the topic of current interest. In order to use this form of reconstructing retention capacity, it is important to understand the influence of meteorological conditions on the functioning of living roofs. The study presents the results of research, using of the ANOVA variance analysis method, on retention performance (i.e. volumetric control) and detention (temporal delay run-off) carried out in the years 2009-2014. The results indicate that the green roof can effectively retain rainfall and delay the initiation of run-off from the rainfall events included in the analysis. Understanding the hydrological performance of green roofs in different local meteorological conditions is key to the successful implementation and development of sustainable practices to control run-off in urban areas. GR -2 [%] CR -1 [%] GR -1 [%] GR -2 [%] CR -1 [%] GR -1 [%] GR -2 [%] CR -1 [%] GR -1 [%] IV CR -1 [%] GR -1 [%] GR -2 [%] CR -1 [%] GR -1 [%] GR -2 [%]

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“…Ponds in coastal SC that are tidally influenced, especially with direct surface water connections, have been observed to range from low brackish to marine salinities (DeLorenzo and Fulton, 2009). Salinity dynamics in freshwater ponds in proximity to tidal bodies have also been observed due to groundwater connections (Wisniewski, 2014). The incidence of high tide flooding is increasing in the southeastern Atlantic coast region (Carter et al, 2018;NOAA, 2018), which has implications for stormwater management.…”

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“…As researchers and stormwater professionals move from documenting water quality and quantity performance and engineering design and into the realm of scientific outreach, restoration, or advocating for structural and non-structural changes to urban development, success will depend on how well place-based social, political, and economic factors are interwoven (Thornton and Laurin, 2005;Barbosa et al, 2012;Betts and Alsharif, 2014;Young et al, 2014;Monaghan et al, 2016;Persaud et al, 2016;Dhakal and Chevalier, 2017;Markolf et al, 2018). Thornton and Laurin (2005) aptly refer to the prerequisite for social sciences and marketing in environmental sustainability as "soft sciences and the hard reality of lake management."…”

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Stormwater Ponds in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain: Hydrogeology, Contaminant Fate, and the Need for a Social-Ecological Framework

Beckingham

Callahan

Vulava

2019

Front. Environ. Sci.

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In lowland coastal regions of the southeastern United States, stormwater ponds are being built as the "green infrastructure" best management practice of choice for addressing the hydrologic changes associated with rapid urban and suburban development. In addition to dampening storm flows, stormwater ponds may provide pollution control and other ecosystem services. However, ponds are not native to this landscape. This review summarizes what is known about the effectiveness of these engineered ponds, which take many shapes and forms, in the context of hydrology, contaminant fate, and management. Research needs are identified and include evaluating pond performance and redesign options more comprehensively and applying a social-ecological framework for the future of stormwater pond management.

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A comprehensive typology for mainstreaming urban green infrastructure

Cited by 106 publications

References 34 publications

Temporal Evolution of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategies in Three US Cities

Temporal Evolution of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategies in Three US Cities

Hydrological performance of green roofs in the context of the meteorological factors during the 5‐year monitoring period

Stormwater Ponds in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain: Hydrogeology, Contaminant Fate, and the Need for a Social-Ecological Framework

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