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A Comparative Analysis of Stormwater Runoff with Regard to Urban Green Infrastructure - A Case Study for Bundang Newtown, SungNam -  

Park, Eun-Jin (Department of Environmental Policy, Gyeonggi Research Institute)
Kang, Kyu-Yi (Department of Environmental Policy, Gyeonggi Research Institute)
Lee, Hyun-Jung (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology / v.11, no.6, 2008 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study was aimed at analyzing the relationship between the characteristics of urban green infrastructure and stormwater runoff in a small urban watershed composed of 22 drainage basins. The green areas of which soils are not sealed and allow water infiltrate, were examined for different types of green spaces. In a comparative study for drainage basins of which green spaces are 15.5% and 34.4%, respectively, runoffs were not different with the size of green space. It was attributed to that the increase of runoff by greater road area offset the advantage of greater green area. Another comparative measurement of runoff for drainage basins with similar green area size showed that runoff decreased with greater permeable area (school ground area) and smaller road area. The runoff measurements could address that runoff rates are affected not only by green area size but also by the type of green area and other land covers related to permeability and flow into drainage. It implicated that the improvement of urban green infrastructure as a functional unit for water infiltration and interception is important for stormwater runoff management.
Keywords
Urban green area; Soil sealing; Stormwater runoff; Drainage basin;
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