Essays about: "surface runoff"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 110 essays containing the words surface runoff.
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6. Water quality improvement of highway runoff by the filter material D-Rainclean : A five-month field trial
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Highway runoff and its pollutants are of growing concern. These pollutants require treatment as their concentration often are increased. A common removal method is the use of sedimentation ponds that removes particulates through gravity. READ MORE
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7. The Influence of Infiltration Capacity and Antecedent Soil Moisture Conditions on Urban Pluvial Flooding
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : Urban pluvial floods occur during extreme rain events and both occurrence and magnitude of these floods are expected to increase. Preserving or constructing green areas in urban areas has been shown to mitigate and control these floods. READ MORE
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8. Lungmossa – en återkommande huvudvärk för svenska plantskolor : tillgängliga och framtida kontrollmetoder i täckrotsodling
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : Lungmossa (Marchantia polymorpha), även kallad ”levermossa”, är ett problematiskt ogräs i många svenska skogsplantskolor samt internationellt känt som ett besvärligt ogräs inom hortikulturell produktion. Mossan utsätter plantorna för konkurrens om näring och vatten. READ MORE
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9. Bluegreengrey (BGG) solution for future climate and flood-resilient urban drainage network by enhancing the natural hydrological cycle
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresursläraAbstract : A loop of urbanization, increasing impervious surface in urban areas, increasing temperature, rainfall, surface runoff and flooding, and lack of new spaces have been adding challenges to urban drainage systems for decades. The climate change impacts are exposing the existing vulnerable conventional urban drainage systems to more challenges in the future. READ MORE
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10. Characterization of Landscape Structures and Precipitation in relation to Flooding events in Pampa Deprimida : A Minor Field Study in Argentina
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : The purpose of the thesis is to characterize flood events within the agricultural fields of flooding Pampa in Argentina. The characterization divides the flat landscape into flood prone areas and endeavour at linking driving factors to flood response based on past events. READ MORE