Urbans areas even biggens are becoming impermeabilized reducing the soil`s infiltration rate and increasing the velocity and volume of runoff, changing meaningly the hydrological cycle and causing floods. A set of techniques ...

Uma das formas de mensurar os impactos do desenvolvimento das cidades é o monitoramento da qualidade da água dos rios urbanos. Através dessas análises, é possível identificar as formas e os causadores da poluição dos ...

Low Impact Development (LID) techniques focus on the implementation of decentralized structures for stormwater control. However, the effects of its implementation on the basin scale are still poorly understood. This work ...

The search for alternative and sustainable solutions for the management of urban stormwater corroborated for the increase of Best Managements Practices (BMPs) use. However, despite this quantitative increase, BMPs have ...

Green roofs have proven hydrological and thermal benefits. In view of the large roof area available in urbanized areas, green roofs are an alternative to mitigate the effects of urbanization such as soil sealing and the ...

The replacement of natural vegetation by solid impervious surfaces and constructions (buildings, roads, pavements), has been causing serious problems related to urban drainage - such as floods, runoff and silting of ...