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Managing Heavy Rainfall with Green Infrastructure: An Evaluation in Pittsburgh's Negley Run Watershed [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 136 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jan-2021
  • Kirjastus: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 1977406106
  • ISBN-13: 9781977406101
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 136 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jan-2021
  • Kirjastus: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 1977406106
  • ISBN-13: 9781977406101
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RAND researchers estimate the potential benefits and costs of a green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) system in Pittsburgh’s Negley Run watershed, evaluate a series of GSI investments, and make recommendations to improve urban stormwater management.

Preface iii
Figures
vii
Tables
ix
Summary xi
Acknowledgments xxiii
Abbreviations xxv
Chapter One Introduction
1(10)
The Challenge of Stormwater Management in a Changing Climate
1(1)
Stormwater Planning in the Pittsburgh Region
2(1)
Managing Stormwater with a System of Green Infrastructure
3(2)
Purpose of This Report
5(1)
Pittsburgh's Negley Run Watershed
5(5)
Research Questions
10(1)
Organization of This Report
10(1)
Chapter Two Simulation Modeling and Economic Valuation Methods
11(10)
Overview of the Research Approach
11(1)
Hydrology and Hydraulics Modeling
12(1)
Historical and Future Rainfall
13(1)
Estimating Current and Future Stormwater Impacts
14(1)
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy Modeling and Costing
15(1)
Estimating Strategy Benefits and Cobenefits
16(3)
Robust Decision Making
19(1)
Chapter Summary
19(2)
Chapter Three Sewer Overflows and Flooding in a Future Without Action
21(26)
Introduction
21(1)
Uncertainties Considered
21(3)
Annual Time Series Analysis
24(5)
Discrete Storm Analysis
29(15)
Discussion and Limitations
44(2)
Chapter Summary
46(1)
Chapter Four Strategies to Manage Stormwater in Negley Run
47(18)
Introduction
47(1)
Literature Review to Inform Strategy Development
48(5)
Design-Focused Participatory Workshops and Stakeholder Engagement
53(2)
Strategy Formulation and Modeling Assumptions
55(6)
Planning-Level Strategy Construction Costs
61(1)
Planning-Level Operations and Maintenance Costs
62(1)
Planning-Level Implementation Assumptions
63(1)
Chapter Summary
64(1)
Chapter Five Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy Simulation Results
65(12)
Sewer-Overflow Reduction
65(5)
Runoff Capture from Local Green Stormwater Infrastructure
70(1)
Flood-Risk Reduction
71(4)
Discussion and Limitations
75(1)
Chapter Summary
76(1)
Chapter Six Green Stormwater Infrastructure Economic Benefits and Costs
77(20)
Economic Cobenefits from Green Infrastructure
77(5)
Comparing Benefits and Costs with Deep Uncertainty
82(11)
Discussion and Limitations
93(1)
Chapter Summary
94(3)
Chapter Seven Key Findings and Recommendations
97(6)
Overview
97(1)
Key Findings
97(3)
Recommendations
100(3)
ONLINE APPENDIXES
Available for download at www.rand.org/t/RRA564-1
A Negley Run Flood Investigation Model Report
B Upper Allegheny-Negley Run Model Setup, Additional Validation, and Experimental Design
C Historical and Projected Rainfall Data
D Sewer-Overflow and Flood-Risk Estimation Methods
E Green Stormwater Infrastructure Modeling and Strategy Cost Estimation Methods
F Methods for Benefit and Cobenefit Estimation
Bibliography 103