Linking hydrological and bioecological benefits of green infrastructures across spatial scales–A literature review

K Zhang, TFM Chui - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Green infrastructure (GI) mitigates the negative effects of urbanization and provides
hydrological and bioecological benefits. However, these benefits are highly scale …

Biofilters and bioretention systems: the role of biochar in the blue-green city concept for stormwater management

KSD Premarathna, JK Biswas, M Kumar… - … : Water Research & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The main aim of the blue-green city concept is the reduction of the adverse impacts of
stormwater by recreating the natural water cycle with the aid of green infrastructure in major …

Engineering blue-green infrastructure for and with biodiversity in cities

K Perrelet, M Moretti, A Dietzel, F Altermatt… - npj Urban …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Blue-green infrastructure (BGI), combining semi-natural and engineered elements,
offers multifaceted benefits like stormwater management, water purification, heat mitigation …

Indicator and pathogen removal by low impact development best management practices

J Peng, Y Cao, MA Rippy, ARMN Afrooz, SB Grant - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
Microbial contamination in urban stormwater is one of the most widespread and challenging
water quality issues in developed countries. Low impact development (LID) best …

Assessing stormwater nutrient and heavy metal plant uptake in an experimental bioretention pond

G Zanin, L Bortolini, M Borin - Land, 2018 - mdpi.com
With the purpose to study a solution based on Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)
to reduce and treat stormwater runoff in urban areas, a bioretention pond (BP) was realized …

[图书][B] From Structures to Services: The path to better infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

EA Cavallo, A Powell, T Serebrisky - 2020 - publications.iadb.org
Every year the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presents in its flagship publication,
Development in the Americas (DIA), an in-depth investigation into one of the main economic …

A systematic literature mining of sponge city: trends, foci and challenges standing ahead

Z Li, S Xu, L Yao - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sponge City research has been attracting extensive attention both in practical and
theoretical research field, as the increased threat of flood risk and environmental safety due …

Hydrological behaviour of rain gardens and plant suitability: A study in the Veneto plain (north-eastern Italy) conditions

L Bortolini, G Zanin - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2018 - Elsevier
Since spring 2011 the roof of a building on the Agripolis Campus of the University of Padova
(Italy) has been used as a drainage area for two rain gardens with a circular area of about …

Lower land use intensity promoted soil macrofaunal biodiversity on a reclaimed coast after land use conversion

B Ge, J Zhou, R Yang, S Jiang, L Yang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Land reclamation is a practice that dates back thousands of years, due to population growth
and social development over time. In the past, reclaimed lands were mainly used as …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating non-targeted ecosystem services into assessment of natural stormwater treatment systems

JT Le, JP Gonzalez, RT Carson, RF Ambrose, LA Levin - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural stormwater treatment systems (NTS) are built ecosystems designed to capture and
treat stormwater runoff via natural processes. Although NTS design typically targets water …