This study analyzes the quantifiable impacts of low impact
development features, sometimes referred to as green infrastructure,
across three alternative proposals for the development
of a city district along the edge of a lake and a creek. Low
impact development is defined as a stormwater management
approach designed to capture water before it goes into stormwater
drains or directly into bodies of water in order to allow
the water to infiltrate groundwater sources or evapotranspirtate
back into the atmosphere. The study applies Carl Steinitz’s
Framework for GeoDesign to the three alternative proposals
and the existing conditions as a means of comparison in order
to understand an informed decision based approach to design. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/20704 |
| Date | 11 July 2013 |
| Creators | Fuentes, Nelly Fernanda |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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