Sustainability 2010, 2(8), 2467-2482; doi:10.3390/su2082467
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Low Impact Development Design—Integrating Suitability Analysis and Site Planning for Reduction of Post-Development Stormwater Quantity

Xinhao Wang 1,* email, William Shuster 2 email, Chandrima Pal 1 email, Steven Buchberger 3 email, James Bonta 4 email and Kiran Avadhanula 1 email
1 School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0016, USA 2 Sustainable Environments Branch, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA 3 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0071, USA 4 North Appalachian Experimental Watershed, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Coshocton, OH 43812, USA
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Received: 29 June 2010; in revised form: 14 July 2010 / Accepted: 30 July 2010 / Published: 3 August 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land Use and Sustainability)
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Abstract: A land-suitability analysis (LSA) was integrated with open-space conservation principles, based on watershed physiographic and soil characteristics, to derive a low-impact development (LID) residential plan for a three hectare site in Coshocton OH, USA. The curve number method was used to estimate total runoff depths expected from different frequency storms for: (i) the pre-development condition, (ii) a conventional design, (iii) LID design based on the LSA of same building size; and (iv) LID design based on the LSA with reduced building footprints. Post-development runoff depths for the conventional design increased by 55 percent over those for the pre-development condition. Runoff depth for the same building size LSA-LID design was only 26 percent greater than that for the pre-development condition, and 17% for the design with reduced building sizes. Results suggest that prudent use of LSA may improve prospects and functionality of low-impact development, reduce stormwater flooding volumes and, hence, lower site-development costs.
Keywords: soil survey; runoff; soil hydrologic group; urbanization; suitability analysis

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Wang, X.; Shuster, W.; Pal, C.; Buchberger, S.; Bonta, J.; Avadhanula, K. Low Impact Development Design—Integrating Suitability Analysis and Site Planning for Reduction of Post-Development Stormwater Quantity. Sustainability 2010, 2, 2467-2482.

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Wang X, Shuster W, Pal C, Buchberger S, Bonta J, Avadhanula K. Low Impact Development Design—Integrating Suitability Analysis and Site Planning for Reduction of Post-Development Stormwater Quantity. Sustainability. 2010; 2(8):2467-2482.

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Wang, Xinhao; Shuster, William; Pal, Chandrima; Buchberger, Steven; Bonta, James; Avadhanula, Kiran. 2010. "Low Impact Development Design—Integrating Suitability Analysis and Site Planning for Reduction of Post-Development Stormwater Quantity." Sustainability 2, no. 8: 2467-2482.

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