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Ecohydrology of urban environments

Band, Lawrence·Tetzlaff, Dörthe·Oswald, Claire·Groffman, Peter M.·Soulsby, Chris·Zhang, Rouyu
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Urban watersheds include a gradient of highly managed to unmanaged ecosystems that vary in vegetation cover, built and natural drainage systems, and impervious cover. A distinct difference to undeveloped ecosystems is the dominance of material and energy import and export, the disruption of natural catenae, the covariation of soils, terrain and canopy conditions. In this chapter, we discuss the distinct characteristics of urban ecohydrology compared to non-urban systems. We also investigate emergent principles of unmanaged watersheds that underscore the promotion of ecohydrological resilience, and the need to abstract and adapt these principles to support the goal-oriented restoration of impaired urban ecosystems.

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Band, Lawrence, Tetzlaff, Dörthe, Oswald, Claire, Groffman, Peter M., Soulsby, Chris, Zhang, Rouyu. 2026-07-21. Ecohydrology of urban environments. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003383918-33

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