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Impact of Urban Traffic and Climate Change on Water Quality from Road RunoffS M Parvez Bin Mahbub PhD 2008 - 2012 
Faculty Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering Supervisor/s Prof Sobana Goonetilleke, Aspro Godwin Ayoko Thesis Abstract Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) refers to the use of passive, ecologically sensitive design strategies to mitigate the detrimental quality and quantity impacts of urban stormwater runoff. The potential for these practices to deliver expected beneficial outcomes depends on their ability to ensure compatibility between the design and stormwater runoff characteristics.
Climate change is predicted to increase temperature and sea levels and cause significant transformations to rainfall patterns. The research project will develop quantitative methodology for predicting stormwater pollutant loading rates due to climate change driven rainfall characteristics. This in turn would provide the basis for developing adaptive methodology for WSUD practices. |
