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Prioritizing Candidate Green Infrastructure Sites within the City of Ukiah: A Demonstration of the Site Locator Tool of GreenPlan-IT. Report prepared for the City of Ukiah Department of Public Works under Supplemental Environmental Project # R1-018-0024

Pete Kauhanen, Sarah Lowe | April 1st, 2019


Green infrastructure (GI), also known as Low Impact Development (LID), has emerged as an integral aspect of multi-benefit, watershed approaches to address concerns about stormwater quality and quantity in an urban environment. When carefully applied, GI installations, such as rain gardens, tree-well planters, and permeable pavement, can be cost-effective, resilient ways to manage storm water at its source with measurable, cumulative environmental and community benefits. 

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groundwater recharge, infrastructure, modeling, stormwater, urban water conservation, water quality