Impact of Low-Impact Development Technologies from an Ecological Perspective in Different Residential Zones of the City of Atlanta, Georgia

Zackery B. Morris , Stephen M. Malone , Abigail R. Cohen , Marc J. Weissburg , Bert Bras

Engineering ›› 2018, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (2) : 194 -199.

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Impact of Low-Impact Development Technologies from an Ecological Perspective in Different Residential Zones of the City of Atlanta, Georgia

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Low-impact development (LID) technologies have a great potential to reduce water usage and stormwater runoff and are therefore seen as sustainable improvements that can be made to traditional water infrastructure. These technologies include bioretention areas, rainwater capturing, and xeriscaping, all of which can be used in residential zones. Within the City of Atlanta, residential water usage accounts for 53% of the total water consumption; therefore, residential zones offer significant impact potential for the implementation of LID. This study analyzes the use of LID strategies within the different residential zones of the City of Atlanta from an ecological perspective by drawing analogies to natural ecosystems. The analysis shows that these technologies, especially with the addition of a graywater system, work to improve the conventional residential water network based upon these ecological metrics. The higher metric values suggest greater parity with healthy, natural ecosystems.

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Low-impact development / Ecological network analysis / Residential water consumption

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Zackery B. Morris,Stephen M. Malone,Abigail R. Cohen,Marc J. Weissburg,Bert Bras. Impact of Low-Impact Development Technologies from an Ecological Perspective in Different Residential Zones of the City of Atlanta, Georgia. Engineering, 2018, 4(2): 194-199 DOI:10.1016/j.eng.2018.03.005

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This work was supported by a grant for ‘‘Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Processes and Systems (RIPS) Type 2: Participatory Modeling of Complex Urban Infrastructure Systems (Model Urban SysTems)” (#0836046) from the National Science Foundation, Division of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovations (EFRI).()

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