Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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Street Alternatives: Seattle Public Utilities' Natural Drainage System Program
Seattle Public Utilities' (SPU) natural drainage systems program takes an innovative approach to street design in order to reduce the negative impacts of stormwater runoff on our creeks, lakes, and the Puget Sound. SPU began the program in 1999 and has since completed five projects ranging in scale from the retrofit of a single residential block to the complete redevelopment of 129 acres of mixed-income housing. New projects in development include a Natural Drainage System (NDS) retrofit in north Seattle and a downtown ultra-urban application using components of the NDS design approach. Natural drainage systems infiltrate or filter runoff in distributed areas spread throughout the landscape, maximizing the soil and vegetations's ability to absorb and clean stormwater. All the projects are diverse in their size and form, but they all use a combination extensive tree and shrub and wetland plantings, and skinnier streets to meet one or more of meet following objectives: reduced flooding in neighborhoods, improved water quality, reduced stormwater flow rates and reduced stormwater volumes. Additional benefits achieved through the project are traffic calming, increased pedestrian safety and enhanced aesthetics. With each project built, we learn new lessons about LID design, installation, and efficacy.
Street Alternatives: Seattle Public Utilities' Natural Drainage System Program
Seattle Public Utilities' (SPU) natural drainage systems program takes an innovative approach to street design in order to reduce the negative impacts of stormwater runoff on our creeks, lakes, and the Puget Sound. SPU began the program in 1999 and has since completed five projects ranging in scale from the retrofit of a single residential block to the complete redevelopment of 129 acres of mixed-income housing. New projects in development include a Natural Drainage System (NDS) retrofit in north Seattle and a downtown ultra-urban application using components of the NDS design approach. Natural drainage systems infiltrate or filter runoff in distributed areas spread throughout the landscape, maximizing the soil and vegetations's ability to absorb and clean stormwater. All the projects are diverse in their size and form, but they all use a combination extensive tree and shrub and wetland plantings, and skinnier streets to meet one or more of meet following objectives: reduced flooding in neighborhoods, improved water quality, reduced stormwater flow rates and reduced stormwater volumes. Additional benefits achieved through the project are traffic calming, increased pedestrian safety and enhanced aesthetics. With each project built, we learn new lessons about LID design, installation, and efficacy.
Street Alternatives: Seattle Public Utilities' Natural Drainage System Program
Tackett, Tracy (Autor:in)
Second National Low Impact Development Conference ; 2007 ; Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Low Impact Development ; 316-321
07.11.2008
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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