Simulated Sensitivity of Urban Green Infrastructure Practices to Climate Change.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is likely to alter the quantity and quality of urban stormwater, presenting a risk to water quality and public health. How might stormwater management practices need to change to address future climate? Answering requires understanding how management practices respond to climate forcing. Traditional "gray" stormwater design employs engineered structures, sized based on assumptions about future rainfall, which have limited flexibility once built. Green infrastructure (GI) uses vegetation, soil, and distributed structures to manage rainwater where it falls and may provide greater flexibility for adaptation. There is, however, uncertainty about how a warmer climate may affect performance of different types of GI. This study uses the hydrologic and biogeochemical watershed model

SUBMITTER: Sarkar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6516498 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature