Estimation of Urban Imperviousness and its Impacts on Storm Water Systems
Estimation of Urban Imperviousness and its Impacts on Storm Water Systems
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DOI:
10.1061/(asce)0733-9496(2003)129:5(419
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发表时间:
2003-08
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
J. Lee;J. Heaney
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作者:
J. Lee;J. Heaney
Imperviousness is an important indicator of the impact of urbanization on storm water systems. A hydrologic analysis was performed to evaluate long-term impacts from an apartment area in Miami. The result shows that the directly connected impervious area (DCIA), which covers 44% of the catchment, contributes 72% of the total runoff volume during 52 years. Few studies have actually measured the DCIA with a high level of accuracy for residential areas that constitute the largest proportion of urban land. A detailed analysis of urban imperviousness was performed using geographic information systems and field investigations on a 5.81 ha residential area in Boulder, Colo. For this study area, the total impervious area is 35.9% and the DCIA is 13.0%. Transportation-related imperviousness comprises 97.2% of the DCIA. Hydrologic modeling of this area shows about a 265% difference in estimates of peak discharge with imperviousness measured at five different levels of accuracy. These results suggest the need to foc...