The effect of street trees and amenity grass on urban surface water runoff in Manchester,UK |
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| Authors: | D Armson P Stringer AR Ennos |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK;2. Red Rose Forest, 6 Kansas Avenue, Salford M50 2GL, UK;1. School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1;2. Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1;3. Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1;1. North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA;2. Nipissing University, Ontario, Canada;3. University of Helsinki, Finland;1. Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, 117566, Singapore;2. ETH Zurich, Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre, 1 Create Way, Create Tower, #06-01, 138602, Singapore;1. School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom;2. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom;1. School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;2. Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP), School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia;3. Resource Economist, CSIRO Ecosystem Science, Australia;4. Graduate Environmental Scientist, AECOM, Australia |
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| Abstract: | It is well known that the process of urbanization alters the hydrological performance of an area, reducing the ability of urban areas to cope with heavy rainfall events. Previous investigations into the role that trees can play in reducing surface runoff have suggested they have low impact at a city wide scale, though these studies have often only considered the interception value of trees.This study assessed the impact of trees upon urban surface water runoff by measuring the runoff from 9 m2 plots covered by grass, asphalt, and asphalt with a tree planted in the centre. It was found that, while grass almost totally eliminated surface runoff, trees and their associated tree pits, reduced runoff from asphalt by as much as 62%. The reduction was more than interception alone could have produced, and relative to the canopy area was much more than estimated by many previous studies. This was probably because of infiltration into the tree pit, which would considerably increase the value of urban trees in reducing surface water runoff. |
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| Keywords: | Amenity grass Flooding Interception Runoff Urban trees |
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