Abstract Over the last 20–30 years, there has been an evolution in urban stormwater
management towards the use of stormwater control measures (SCMs) at or near the source …

Effective water management within urban settings requires robust multidisciplinary
understanding and an appreciation of the value added to urban spaces by providing …

Ian McHarg's influential book Design with Nature (1969) synthesizes and generalizes his
ecological wisdom in informing landscape planning and design. In this paper, we suggest …

Extensive studies have shown that stormwater yield and quality in a city are heavily
influenced by its land uses and land covers (LULC). However, the majority of these studies …

Green infrastructure (GI) design is advocated as a new paradigm for stormwater
management, whereas current knowledge of GI design is mostly based on isolated design …

Abstract The Woodlands Township, TX, has a tree protection policy that consists of tree
removal permits and minimum tree and shrub cover regulations. This paper examined the …

Urbanization and related land consumption are one of the main causes of ecosystem
services loss. This is especially the case for soil-related services affecting ecosystem …

Climate change effects and increasing levels of imperviousness, cause many urban areas
globally to experience larger rainfall runoff volumes that need to be managed to protect …

In vegetated flows, hydrodynamic parameters, such as drag coefficient, frontal area and
deflected canopy height, influence velocity distributions, mean velocity and flow resistance …

Mounting urban pressures and increasing vulnerability to disasters highlight the need for
urban sustainability and ecological wisdom especially in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. In …