Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI
Stormwater management is of great importance in large shrinking cities with aging and outdated infrastructure. Maintenance of vegetated areas, particularly referred to as green infrastructure, is often aimed at mitigating flooding and the urban heat island effect by stormwater storage and evaporativ...
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| description | Stormwater management is of great importance in large shrinking cities with aging and outdated infrastructure. Maintenance of vegetated areas, particularly referred to as green infrastructure, is often aimed at mitigating flooding and the urban heat island effect by stormwater storage and evaporative cooling, respectively. This approach has been applied in large cities as a cost-effective and eco-friendly solution. However, the ecohydrological processes and how the ecohydrology influences the function of green infrastructure and its potential to provide those ecosystem services are not well understood. In this study, continuous field measurements including air temperature, stomatal conductance, and phenocam images were taken in a 308 m<sup>2</sup> bioswale retrofitted into a 4063 m<sup>2</sup> parking lot on the Wayne State University campus in Detroit, Michigan over a two-year period. Our results suggest that plant characteristics such as water use efficiency impact the ecohydrological processes within bioswales and that retrofitted bioswales will need to be adapted over time to meet environmental demands to allow for full and sustained success. Therefore, projected shifts in precipitation regime change are expected to affect the performance of green infrastructure, and each bioswale needs to be developed and engineered to be able to adapt to changing rainfall patterns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c94c1c25b4f2448b8dbdf76681ef8b3d2023-11-23T22:15:11ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412022-09-011419306410.3390/w14193064Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MIShirley Anne Papuga0Emily Seifert1Steven Kopeck2Kyotaek Hwang3Department of Environmental Science and Geology, Wayne State University, 4841 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USADepartment of Environmental Science and Geology, Wayne State University, 4841 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USADepartment of Environmental Science and Geology, Wayne State University, 4841 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USAStormwater management is of great importance in large shrinking cities with aging and outdated infrastructure. Maintenance of vegetated areas, particularly referred to as green infrastructure, is often aimed at mitigating flooding and the urban heat island effect by stormwater storage and evaporative cooling, respectively. This approach has been applied in large cities as a cost-effective and eco-friendly solution. However, the ecohydrological processes and how the ecohydrology influences the function of green infrastructure and its potential to provide those ecosystem services are not well understood. In this study, continuous field measurements including air temperature, stomatal conductance, and phenocam images were taken in a 308 m<sup>2</sup> bioswale retrofitted into a 4063 m<sup>2</sup> parking lot on the Wayne State University campus in Detroit, Michigan over a two-year period. Our results suggest that plant characteristics such as water use efficiency impact the ecohydrological processes within bioswales and that retrofitted bioswales will need to be adapted over time to meet environmental demands to allow for full and sustained success. Therefore, projected shifts in precipitation regime change are expected to affect the performance of green infrastructure, and each bioswale needs to be developed and engineered to be able to adapt to changing rainfall patterns.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/19/3064urbangreennesswater use efficiencysoil moisturemesiccombined sewer systems |
| spellingShingle | Shirley Anne Papuga Emily Seifert Steven Kopeck Kyotaek Hwang Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI Water urban greenness water use efficiency soil moisture mesic combined sewer systems |
| title | Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI |
| title_full | Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI |
| title_fullStr | Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI |
| title_short | Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI |
| title_sort | ecohydrology of green stormwater infrastructure in shrinking cities a two year case study of a retrofitted bioswale in detroit mi |
| topic | urban greenness water use efficiency soil moisture mesic combined sewer systems |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/19/3064 |
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