Managing Stormwater for Urban Sustainability Using Trees and Structural Soils
A new space-saving infiltration BMP that mitigates runoff from paved areas
"Urbanization disrupts natural soil profiles, increases impervious surfaces and decreases vegetative cover. These disruptions increase stormwater runoff at the expense of groundwater recharge, degrading water quality and impairing aquatic habitats. The repercussions of this non point source pollution are being felt worldwide. Creative Best Management Practices (BMPs) that harness the ability of vegetation and soils to mitigate urban runoff are needed. This material is a culmination of four years of research at Virginia Tech, Cornell University and the University of California at Davis investigating how a novel stormwater BMP that relies on shade trees and structural soils can be designed and how it will function." [Introduction]
Contributing Authors: Nina Bassuk, Julia Bartens, Laurence Costello, Joseph E. Dove, Jason Grabosky, Ted Haffner, J. Roger Harris, E. Gregory McPherson, Peter Trowbridge, Theresa Wynn, and Qingfu Xiao
S.D. Day (Editor), S.B. Dickinson (Editor)
2008
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Model Project/Program
Stormwater Management, Structural Soil
National
UFS
