DEVELOPMENT OF A GREEN BUILD-OUT MODEL FOR WASHINGTON, DC: QUANTIFYING THE STORMWATER BENEFITS OF TREES AND GREEN ROOFS

DEVELOPMENT OF A GREEN BUILD-OUT MODEL FOR WASHINGTON, DC: QUANTIFYING THE STORMWATER BENEFITS OF TREES AND GREEN ROOFSThe Green Build-out Model is an innovative and powerful planning tool that quantifies the cumulative stormwater management benefits of trees and green roofs across the District of Columbia. It calculates potential reductions in stormwater runoff within the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) and the combined sewer system (CSS) that contributes to water quality impairment in the Nation's...Author(s)Michael P. SullivanBrian BusiekAnouk SavineauHeather WhitlowBarbara DeutschSourceProceedings of the Water Environment FederationSubjectSession 79: GIS and Stormwater ComplianceDocument typeConference PaperPublisherWater Environment FederationPrint publication date Jan, 2007ISSN1938-6478SICI1938-6478(20070101)2007:12L.6229;1-DOI10.2175/193864707787970106Volume / Issue2007 / 12Content sourceWEFTECFirst / last page(s)6229 - 6250Copyright2007Word count257