Green Stormwater Infrastructure & Streetscapes
Green Stormwater Infrastructure & Streetscapes by Nathan Polanski
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Integrating Green Stormwater Infrastructure into the Streetscape
Across the country, local governments are integrating green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) into the streetscape to manage urban stormwater runoff. More frequently implemented to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs), streetside GSI also treats polluted runoff that includes oil, heavy metals, and carcinogens to help protect the quality of local water bodies. Often overlooked, however, is the vital role that GSI can play in creating a thriving, pedestrian-friendly streetscape by providing physical buffers, reducing imperviousness, increasing opportunities for tree canopy, mitigating heat island effect, and promoting traffic calming.
This entry was posted on August 18, 2014 by GoProGreen. It was filed under Blue Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Green Technology, GreenRoof, Infrastructure, Innovation, Landscape Maintenance, Soil Food Web, Stormwater, Stormwater Quality, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Water and was tagged with Carcinogens, Combined Sewer Overflows, CSO, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, GSI, Heat Island Effect, Heavy Metals, Impervious, Oil, Pedestrian Friendly, Polluted Runoff, Stormwater Runoff, Streetscape, Traffic Calming, Tree Canopy, Urban Stormwater.
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