The role of trees in urban stormwater management

A Berland, SA Shiflett, WD Shuster… - Landscape and urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban impervious surfaces convert precipitation to stormwater runoff, which causes water
quality and quantity problems. While traditional stormwater management has relied on gray …

A review of stemflow generation dynamics and stemflow‐environment interactions in forests and shrublands

DF Levia, S Germer - Reviews of Geophysics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many geoscientists now recognize stemflow as an important phenomenon which can exert
considerable effects on the hydrology, biogeochemistry, and ecology of wooded ecosystems …

Role of vegetation as a mitigating factor in the urban context

F Ferrini, A Fini, J Mori, A Gori - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is known that the urban environment amplifies the effects of climate change, sometimes
with disastrous consequences that put people at risk. These aspects can be affected by …

The effect of street trees and amenity grass on urban surface water runoff in Manchester, UK

D Armson, P Stringer, AR Ennos - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2013 - Elsevier
It is well known that the process of urbanization alters the hydrological performance of an
area, reducing the ability of urban areas to cope with heavy rainfall events. Previous …

Benefits and uses of urban forests and trees

L Tyrväinen, S Pauleit, K Seeland… - Urban forests and trees: A …, 2005 - Springer
Pa rt I local, and results are often only disseminated in the national language (Forrest et al.
1999). Moreover, the benefits of woodland and trees can differ widely between European …

A review and evaluation of stemflow literature in the hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles of forested and agricultural ecosystems

DF Levia Jr, EE Frost - Journal of hydrology, 2003 - Elsevier
Stemflow is a spatially localized point input of precipitation and solutes at the plant stem and
is of hydrological and ecological significance in forested and agricultural ecosystems. The …

Million trees Los Angeles canopy cover and benefit assessment

EG McPherson, JR Simpson, Q Xiao, C Wu - Landscape and Urban …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Million Trees LA initiative intends to improve Los Angeles's environment through
planting and stewardship of 1 million trees. The purpose of this study was to measure Los …

[图书][B] Forest hydrology: an introduction to water and forests

M Chang - 2006 - books.google.com
Although a few texts on forest hydrology are available, they cover very little, if any,
background on water resources. On the other hand, books dealing with water resources do …

Rainfall partitioning by vegetation under Mediterranean conditions. A review of studies in Europe

P Llorens, F Domingo - Journal of hydrology, 2007 - Elsevier
Rainfall partitioning by vegetation plays an important role affecting the water balance at local
and catchment scale due to the control that vegetation canopies exert by modifying both …

Benefits and costs of street trees in Lisbon, Portugal

AL Soares, FC Rego, EG McPherson… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2011 - Elsevier
It is well known that urban trees produce various types of benefits and costs. The computer
tool i-Tree STRATUM helps quantify tree structure and function, as well as the value of some …