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| Title: | Using Urban Forestry Practices to Reduce Stormwater Runoff |
| Authors: | Peterson, Paul |
| Keywords: | stormwater
urban forestry
canopy cover
citygreen |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Citation: | Peterson, P. 2010. Using Urban Forestry Practices to Reduce Stormwater Runoff. |
| Abstract: | This study reviews the current thought and literature on urban watershed forestry and explains how increasing total forest canopy cover in an urban watershed will result in a corresponding decrease in stormwater runoff. The American Forests CITYGreen urban forestry model is applied to two sub-watersheds in the Vadnais Lake watershed, Ramsey County, Minnesota, to predict the outcome of applying urban watershed forestry practices. Results indicated a positive correlation between an increase in urban forest canopy cover and a reduction in volume of stormwater flow from precipitation events. |
| Permanent URL: | http://purl.umn.edu/101667 |
| Appears in Collections: | WRS MS Plan B Papers
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