Wetlands and urbanization implications for the future

• Main Authors: Azous, Amanda L, Horner, Richard R. (Richard Ray)
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla Lewis Publishers 2001; CRC Press; Taylor & Francis Group; Lewis
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Puget Sound Region; Urbanization; Washington (State); Wetland ecology; Wetland management; Wetlands; Washington (State); Puget Sound Region; CRC Press LLC; Treatment Wetland; American Crow; Red Winged Blackbird; Impervious Area; Water Depth; Wetland Plant; Total Impervious Area; Oregon Ash; Wetland Plant Communities; Water Level; Wetland Hydrology; Palustrine Wetlands; Puget Sound Basin; Plant Richness; Watershed Development; Aquatic Bed; Annual Water Level Fluctuation; Wetland Hydroperiod; Fraxinus Latifolia; Water Level Fluctuation; Fecal Coliforms; Central Puget Sound Basin; Wetland Size; Urban Wetlands
• ISBN: 9781566703864; 1566703867
• DOI: 10.1201/9781420032888

Wetlands and Urbanization: Implications for the Future focuses on understanding and managing the impacts of urban stormwater on wetlands. The book presents an integrated watershed approach to the scientific evaluation of the impact of landscape urbanization on wetland functions and provides a model for future comprehensive investigations of wetland impacts from urbanization. It shows how to measure and assess the impact of urbanization on wetlands and presents scientific approaches available for use in an integrated assessment of wetland condition. The book includes a set of comprehensive guidelines for the management of wetland hydrology.