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Uniform TitleA geographic approach to modeling the impact of green roofs on combined sewer overflows in the Bronx
NameHartman, Danielle M. (author), Wiggins, Lyna (chair), Andrews, Clinton (internal member), Tulloch, David (internal member), Rutgers University, Graduate School - New Brunswick,
Degree Date2008-10
Date Created2008
SubjectGeography,
Combined sewer overflows--Mathematical models,
Green roofs (Gardening)--Mathematical models,
Green roofs (Gardening)--New York (State)--New York,
Runoff--Management,
Runoff--New York (State)--New York
DescriptionThe Bronx, New York, like many older urban areas in the United States, suffers from the negative environmental impacts from combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Green roofs have been proposed as a best management practice to reduce stormwater runoff and CSOs. These vegetated roof tops can detain rainfall along with providing other benefits to the building owner and community. This paper describes a green roof stormwater model designed for the Bronx, New York. Building-level geographic data was used to estimate the potential area for green roof implementation in each sewer system subcatchment. A software program was designed as a decision support system with a green roof micro-model, a simple sewer system model, and an interactive map. The model results show that if extensive green roofs were implemented on all available flat roof space, then annual CSOs could be reduced by over 30%. This paper discusses the geographic variation of the model results, and the effectiveness of green roofs as a CSO best management practice is used to rank subcatchment performance.
NoteM.S.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 119-124).
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttp://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.17489
LanguageEnglish
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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