Urban stormwater best practice environmental management guidelines (CSIRO Pub., 1999)
Title from PDF cover (viewed May 18, 2006). - Publication from: CSIRO website
Includes bibliographical references
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Principles and Objectives; Chapter 3: Stormwater Management Planning; Chapter 4: Planning Controls; Chapter 5: Water Sensitive Urban Design; Chapter 6: Source Controls; Chapter 7: Structural Treatment Measures; Appendices; References
The intense concentration of human activity in urban areas leads to changes in both the quantity and quality of runoff that eventually reaches our streams, lakes, wetlands, estuaries and coasts. The increasing use of impervious surfaces designed to provide smooth and direct pathways for stormwater run-off, has led to greater runoff volumes and flow velocities in urban waterways. Unmanaged, these changes in the quantity and quality of stormwater can result in considerable damage to the environment. Improved environmental performance is needed to ensure that the environmental values and beneficia