The stormwater retention benefits of urban trees and forests

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dc.contributor.advisorPavao-Zuckerman, Mitchellen_US
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Tuana Hilsten_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-05T06:39:03Z
dc.date.available2019-02-05T06:39:03Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe use of urban tree canopies as strategies to mitigate stormwater runoff is limited in part by a lack of empirically observed data. This thesis quantifies soil infiltration capacity in 21 forest patches in Baltimore, Maryland, and reports results from a meta-analysis on urban tree transpiration. Results show that the degree to which soil infiltration and tree transpiration functions reduce stormwater runoff depends on soil physical properties, tree characteristics, and management drivers. Yet, results conservatively estimate that Baltimore forest patch soils are capable of infiltrating ~68% of rainfall. In addition, urban trees transpire ~1.7 mm of water per day in the growing season or ~0.8 mm of water per day on an annual basis, an amount of water that equals approximately 26% of the annual rainfall in the Baltimore region. Thus, urban trees and forests impact urban hydrology and are an important component of stormwater green infrastructure in built environments.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/9pns-fl9z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21724
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHydrologic sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPlant sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledforestsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinfiltrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstormwateren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtranspirationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtreesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledurbanen_US
dc.titleThe stormwater retention benefits of urban trees and forestsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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