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Stormwater Management And Ecosystem Services: A Review, Liana Prudencio, Sarah E. Null
Stormwater Management And Ecosystem Services: A Review, Liana Prudencio, Sarah E. Null
Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications
Researchers and water managers have turned to green stormwater infrastructure, such as bioswales, retention basins, wetlands, rain gardens, and urban green spaces to reduce flooding, augment surface water supplies, recharge groundwater, and improve water quality. It is increasingly clear that green stormwater infrastructure not only controls stormwater volume and timing, but also promotes ecosystem services, which are the benefits that ecosystems provide to humans. Yet there has been little synthesis focused on understanding how green stormwater management affects ecosystem services. The objectives of this paper are to review and synthesize published literature on ecosystem services and green stormwater infrastructure and …