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

作     者：Zackery B. Morris Stephen M. Malone Abigail R. Cohen Marc J. Weissburg Bert Bras 

作者机构：George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332-0405 USA School of Biological Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USA 

出 版 物：《Engineering》 (工程（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第4卷第2期

页      面：30-35页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 081406[工学-桥梁与隧道工程] 0808[工学-电气工程] 08[工学] 0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 0814[工学-土木工程] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 082301[工学-道路与铁道工程] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

基　　金：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). Any opinions  findings  and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors acknowledge the work of Jeong et al. for the use of data and support in this analysis 

主　　题：Low-impact development Ecological network analysis Residential water consumption 

摘      要：Low-impact development （LID） technologies have a great potential to reduce water usage and stormwa- ter 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 residen- tial zones of the City of Atlanta from an ecological perspective by drawing analogies to natural ecosys- tems, 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.