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Impervious Surface Coverage: The Emergence of a Key Environmental Indicator

Chester L. Arnold Jr.
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C. James Gibbons
Pages 243-258 | Published online: 26 Nov 2007
 
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Abstract

Planners concerned with water resource protection in urbanizing areas must deal with the adverse impacts of polluted runoff. Impervious surface coverage is a quantifiable land-use indicator that correlates closely with these impacts. Once the role and distribution of impervious coverage are understood, a wide range of strategies to reduce impervious surfaces and their impacts on water resources can be applied to community planning, site-level planning and design, and land use regulation. These strategies complement many current trends in planning, zoning, and landscape design that go beyond water pollution concerns to address the quality of life in a community.

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