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Jennings, David B.; Jarnagin, S. Taylor

doi:10.1023/a:1021211114125

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“…Numerous studies demonstrate the effects of impervious surfaces on the environmental quality of river drainage basins (e.g., Barnes et al, 2002;Jennings and Jarnagin, 2002;Haase, 2009). By sealing the ground, impervious surfaces prohibit rainwater to infiltrate into the soil.…”

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Measuring extent, location and change of imperviousness in urban domestic gardens in collective housing projects

Verbeeck

Orshoven

Hermy

2011

Landscape and Urban Planning

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Measuring extent, location and change of imperviousness in urban domestic gardens in collective housing projects

Verbeeck

Orshoven

Hermy

2011

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…In lieu of directly assessing runoff volume, a widely used method is to examine the correlation of daily precipitation and runoff [116]. As the three sites are geographically close to one another (e.g., similar precipitation), low precipitation-runoff correlation will indicate that the watershed is less sensitive to rainfalls and presents a robust or resilient condition.…”

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confidence: 99%

Design-with-Nature for Multifunctional Landscapes: Environmental Benefits and Social Barriers in Community Development

Yang

2013

IJERPH

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Since the early 1970s, Ian McHarg’s design-with-nature concept has been inspiring landscape architects, community and regional planners, and liked-minded professionals to create designs that take advantage of ecosystem services and promote environmental and public health. This study bridges the gap in the literature that has resulted from a lack of empirical examinations on the multiple performance benefits derived through design-with-nature and the under-investigated social aspect emanated from McHarg’s Ecological Determinism design approach. The Woodlands, TX, USA, an ecologically designed community development under McHarg’s approach, is compared with two adjacent communities that follow the conventional design approach. Using national environmental databases and multiple-year residents’ survey information, this study assesses three landscape performance metrics of McHarg’s approach: stormwater runoff, urban heat island effect, and social acceptance. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was used to assess the development extent and land surface temperature distribution. Results show that McHarg’s approach demonstrates benefits in reducing runoff and urban heat island effect, whereas it confronts challenges with the general acceptance of manicured landscapes and thus results in a low safety perception level when residents interact with naturally designed landscapes. The authors argue that design-with-nature warrants multifunctionality because of its intrinsic interdisciplinary approach. Moreover, education and dissemination of successful examples can achieve a greater level of awareness among the public and further promote multifunctional design for landscape sustainability.

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“…Ziegler et al, 2004). Measuring surface sealing is an important issue when studying flood control and urban hydrology (Jennings and Jarnagin, 2002;Jennings et al, 2004). It is no surprise that the evolution of sprawl and semi-urban areas is narrowly followed by hydrologists (Gillies et al, 2003;Hall, 1989;Hoggan, 1989;Pauleit et al, 2005;Shaw, 1988;Zheng and Baetz, 1999).…”

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Semi-Urban Areas in Landscape Research: A Review

Meeus¹,

Gulinck²

2008

Living Rev. Landscape Res.

131

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Urbanization is a well-known topic in sustainable development debates as it is known to have great impacts on landscape and environment. Low density, apparently random, scattered or fragmented and leap frogging forms of urban land use, not classified as core urban fabric (town, city, . . . ) nor classified as real 'countryside' are studied in this paper. With a thorough literature study of more than 200 publications, a number of interesting conclusions about this important environmental and socio-economical phenomenon can be made. At first, it is generally described as either a type of land use or land use dynamic functioning as 'divide' between city and countryside (the urban fringe theory), or it is very often described as the dynamic and fast transformation of rural land into urban land (the sprawl approach). In some cases it forms its own 'landscape' and it is called the peri-urban or more correctly semi-urban area. Generally, there seems to be a lack of good definitions and frameworks, although it is studied often and in various scientific disciplines. Prominently, there is an always present dichotomy between rural and urban in all concepts, theories and definitions proposed.

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Cited by 159 publications

References 26 publications

Measuring extent, location and change of imperviousness in urban domestic gardens in collective housing projects

Measuring extent, location and change of imperviousness in urban domestic gardens in collective housing projects

Design-with-Nature for Multifunctional Landscapes: Environmental Benefits and Social Barriers in Community Development

Semi-Urban Areas in Landscape Research: A Review

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