Estimation of Urban Imperviousness and its Impacts on Storm Water Systems

Lee, Joong Gwang; Heaney, James P.

doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9496(2003)129:5(419)

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“…A pavement is defined as the land in urban environments covered with artificial materials like concrete, asphalt and bricks (Viswanathan, 2010). Although pavements are convenient for social and economic activities, pavements are known to have adverse impacts on the environment, including increasing stormwater runoff due to the reduction in water infiltration (Lee and Heaney, 2003), enhancing air and ground surface temperature due to greater absorption of short-wave radiation by low reflectivity surfaces (Asaeda et al, 1996) and reducing evaporative cooling rates of soil and plants (Viswanathan, 2010), blocking soil-air gas exchange (Feng et al, 2002), and reducing carbon storage (Zhao et al, 2012). The expansion of pavement reduces the land available for building green infrastructure and growing trees.…”

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confidence: 99%

Pavement induced soil warming accelerates leaf budburst of ash trees

Chen

Wang

Jiang

et al. 2016

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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Pavement induced soil warming accelerates leaf budburst of ash trees

Chen

Wang

Jiang

et al. 2016

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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“…Although the impervious surface area of a watershed alone does not determine the hydrologic and other effects of urbanization on streams (Falcone and others, 2007;Sauer and others, 1983), it is the most direct parameter for analyzing and predicting the effects of changes in land cover associated with urbanization on characteristics of streamflow including peak flows (for example, Jacobson, 2011;Lee and Heaney, 2003;Shuster and others, 2005) and water quality and biology (Falcone and others, 2007), particularly when the fraction of the total impervious area that is directly connected 1 to the drainage system can be determined. Although measures of imperviousness at one time or over a limited (usually recent) time span are becoming available [for example, the National Land Cover Database, which includes estimates of imperviousness for 2001 and 2006 (Xian and others, 2011)], these cannot be used in assessing stream effects of urbanization over the multidecadal time scales usually associated with the urbanization of a given watershed.…”

Section: Case Study: Urbanization Effects On Flood Flows In the Chicamentioning

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Land change in the Central Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion and hydrologic consequences in developed areas: 1939-2000

Karstensen¹,

Shaver²,

Alexander³

et al. 2013

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For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS.For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprodTo order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. Percentages of general land cover types for 1939, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1992, and 2000 1939; B, 1974; C, 1980; D, 1986; E, 1992; and F, 2000 Percentages of general land cover types for 1939, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1992 1939; B, 1974; C, 1980; D, 1986; E, 1992; and F, 2000 Hydrologic TermsThe hydrologic definitions provided largely are from Langbein andIseri (1960) andPerry (2005). Aannual maximum peak streamflow The maximum instantaneous discharge value measured during a given water year at a streamflow-gaging station. D dischargeDischarge is the volume of water that passes a given location within a given period of time. In its simplest concept, discharge means outflow; therefore, the use of this term is not restricted to course or location, and it can be applied to describe the flow of water from a pipe or a drainage basin.drainage area The drainage area of a stream at a specified location is the area, measured in a horizontal plane, that is enclosed by a drainage divide.drainage basin A part of the surface of the Earth where precipitation runs off into the drainage system, which consists of a surface stream or a body of impounded surface water together with all tributary surface streams and bodies of impounded surface water. F floodAn overflow of water onto or an inundation of lands that are not normally covered by water, and causes or threatens damage. P peak streamflowThe maximum instantaneous discharge of a stream or river at a given location, and usually occurs at or near the time of maximum stage. R runoffThat part of the precipitation, snowmelt, or irrigation water that appears in surface streams, rivers, drains, or sewers. S streamflowThe water discharge that occurs in a natural channel. Although the term "discharge" can be applied to the flow of a canal, the word "streamflow" uniquely describes the discharge in a surface stream course. The term "streamflow" is more general than runoff because streamflow may be applied to discharge whether or not it is affected by diversion or regulation. streamflow-gaging station A site on a stream, lake, reservoir or other body of water where observations and hydrologic data are obtained. The U.S. Geological Survey measures stream discharge at streamflow-gaging stations. W water yearThe continuous 12-month period from...

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“…Urbanization is characterized by great land use and land cover alterations with an increase in impervious area, which impairs stormwater infiltration and significantly increases surface runoff during storm events, causing urban flooding, stream channel erosion and non-point pollution problems (Brabec, 2009;Hogan and Walbridge, 2007;Lee and Heaney, 2003;Paul and Meyer, 2001;Wissmar et al, 2004). Conventional methods of stormwater management sought to remove runoff from a site as quickly as possible and then store the stormwater at downstream facilities, including detention ponds, wet ponds and infiltration basins, to control the peak discharge (Gilroy and McCuen, 2009;Wang et al, 2014).…”

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Influences of setting sizes and combination of green infrastructures on community’s stormwater runoff reduction

Liu

Chen

Peng

2015

Ecological Modelling

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Implementation of green infrastructures is an effective option for mitigating the impacts of increasing urbanization on stormwater runo ff. In this study, we evaluated the runoff reduction effectiveness under various setting sizes of green infrastructures using a process-based stormwater runoff model. The model was validated with field data from a typical community in Beijing and proved to be accurate in estimating stormwater runoff under larger rain events. The pervious area percentage and soil hydraulic properties were key parameters influencing stormwater runoff. The four types of green infrastructures, including green area expanding, concave green space, storage pond and porous brick pavement were effective in reducing stormwater runoff, but single facility except the storage pond could not fully control runoff of 5-year recurrence storm. With integrated green infrastructures, runoff of 5-year recurrence storm could be 100% reduced by expanding the pervious area percentage to over 50%, or increase storage pond volume to over 1800 m 3 , whereas a maximum runoff reduction of 95% could be achieved when the green land was reformed to concave with a depth of 4 cm, or 50% of the impervious area was replaced with porous brick pavement with a storage capacity of 8 mm. The combination of green infrastructures with proper setting sizes is necessary for optimal control of stormwater runoff management.

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Estimation of Urban Imperviousness and its Impacts on Storm Water Systems

Cited by 307 publications

References 11 publications

Pavement induced soil warming accelerates leaf budburst of ash trees

Pavement induced soil warming accelerates leaf budburst of ash trees

Land change in the Central Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion and hydrologic consequences in developed areas: 1939-2000

Influences of setting sizes and combination of green infrastructures on community’s stormwater runoff reduction

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