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Turning conservation into an innovation economy

The 305 (okay, okay, and the 954) sit at a unique intersection of ecological urgency and entrepreneurial energy. Surrounded ...
Urban hydrology is a rapidly evolving field that examines the complex interplay between natural water processes and the built environment. Increasing urbanisation and climate change have transformed ...
In this study, we investigated the relationship between watershed characteristics and hydrology using high spatial resolution impervious surface area (ISA), hydrologic simulations and spatial ...
Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 64, No. 3 (May 2019), pp. 877-894 (18 pages) Headwater streams draining urbanized watersheds are subject to frequent and intense storm flows. These floods can disrupt ...
Findings from new research suggest that stormwater management may be less effective at decreasing urban runoff than is commonly assumed. At a time when many municipalities are seeking to control urban ...
A study models the impacts of city infrastructures on the environmental quality of rivers and streams. Cities are hubs of not only sociopolitical power and economic production, but also land ...
Southern cities such as Houston and Tampa — which faced the wrath of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, respectively — may not be the only urban environments vulnerable to extreme weather. Northern cities ...
“We can read the topography to determine elevation changes and whether the land is urban, agricultural, forest or rangeland, and whether the soil is clayey, like Houston Black, or sandy and the pH ...
In Fairfield, on the northeast edge of California’s Bay Area, there is a spot where the land drops below a gravel parking lot and into a ravine. Ledgewood Creek flows through an underpass, just out of ...
Southern cities such as Houston and Tampa -- which faced the wrath of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, respectively -- may not be the only urban environments vulnerable to extreme weather. Northern cities ...