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Hutto, David, and Kyle Barrett. "Do urban open spaces provide refugia for frogs in urban environments?" PLOS ONE 16, no. 1 (2021): e0244932. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244932.

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Urbanization is among the largest threats to wildlife populations through factors such as fragmentation, isolation, and habitat destruction. Urban open spaces, such as parks and golf courses, have the potential to provide wildlife with suitable habitat within an urbanized matrix. These refugia may be particularly important for amphibians, which represent one of the most endangered and least vagile vertebrate groups on earth. During the spring and summer of 2018, we conducted surveys to determine the presence of anurans at 51 wetland sites within the Piedmont ecoregion of South Carolina. Nearly one-third of these wetlands were located within urban open spaces, one-third in low development areas, and one-third in highly developed areas. Impervious surface and total road length surrounding the wetlands were measured at two scales, a core habitat scale (300 m) and average maximum migration scale (750 m), and we measured several within-wetland habitat variables. Urban Open Space wetlands had levels of surrounding impervious surface similar to High Urbanization wetlands at the larger scale and were intermediate between Low and High Urbanization wetlands at the smaller scale. The total length of road segments occurring within buffers (at both scales) surrounding our study wetlands was higher for Urban Open Space compared to Low and High Urbanization sites. Among the within-wetland variables measured, Low Urbanization sites had higher canopy cover and were more likely to have a terrestrial buffer zone relative to the other categories. Species richness decreased significantly as total road length increased among all wetlands. Wetland category was not a significant driver explaining species richness, but β-diversity was more variable among Urban Open Space wetlands than either Low or High Urbanization wetlands. Urban Open Space wetlands did not appear to increase suitability for anurans relative to High Urbanization wetlands. Urban Open Space wetlands had higher variability in species composition, which was perhaps attributable to the diversity among sites represented in the Urban Open Space category.
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Kai Xu, Chunfang Kong, Gang Liu, et al. "Changes of urban wetlands in Wuhan, China, from 1987 to 2005." Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 34, no. 2 (2010): 207–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309133309360626.

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Urban wetlands play a significant role in the sustainable development of the urban eco-environment. However, accelerated urbanization has caused rapid changes in urban wetland landscape patterns, which may seriously affect their functions. Based on land-use maps, TM images, and field data from the Wuhan wetlands, the spatiotemporal evolution and wetland landscape pattern were quantitatively analyzed, with reference to landscape ecology indices of diversity, fragmentation, dominance, shape, and dimension. The results showed that: (1) the natural wetland area decreased: lake wetlands and marsh wetlands decreased by 18.71% and 50.3% from 1987 to 2005, respectively; (2) artificial wetland area increased by 47.75% in Wuhan over the same period; (3) the lake wetland area of Wuhan declined due to the conversion of large lakes to smaller ones; (4) the value of the diversity index (H), evenness index (E), and fragmentation index (F) decreased, while the value of the dominance index (D) increased from 1987 to 2005; (5) the landscape shape index (LSI) and fractal dimension (FD) of the river wetlands, lake wetlands, bottomland wetlands, and marsh wetlands decreased, while the LSI and FD of the reservoir and pond wetlands increased from 1987 to 2005; and (6) natural, societal, and economic, as well as human, activities are major factors for the structural changes in the Wuhan wetland landscape, as revealed by canonical correlation analysis. Results suggest that the ecological environment of urban wetlands should be protected to maximize the services of urban wetland ecosystems in Wuhan, China.
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Gilbert, Nicolas, Roberta Fulthorpe, and Andrea E. Kirkwood. "Microbial diversity, tolerance, and biodegradation potential of urban wetlands with different input regimes." Canadian Journal of Microbiology 58, no. 7 (2012): 887–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/w2012-066.

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Though microbial transformations are the primary mechanism of contaminant attenuation in wetlands, much remains to be known about microbial communities in urban wetlands. In this study, the microbial communities from urban wetlands with different runoff regimes (i.e., a contaminated remnant wetland, a constructed wetland, and a remnant wetland) were assessed for their capacity to attenuate and tolerate typical urban runoff pollutants. Results from denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rRNA genes showed relatively high similarity in community composition among the wetlands. Community-level physiological profiles had similar results but exhibited within-site variation in both the contaminated remnant and remnant wetlands. All wetland communities were less tolerant to copper than 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; however, the contaminated remnant wetland had the highest tolerance. All study wetlands had a limited capacity to biodegrade model chlorinated aromatic compounds (e.g., 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 3-chlorobenzoate). Though having different input regimes and contaminant exposure histories, the study wetlands were generally similar with respect to microbial community diversity and function. Additionally, the generally low capacity for these wetlands to biodegrade mobile chlorinated organic contaminants offers preliminary insight into the limited ecosystem services these wetlands may provide in urban environments.
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Athukorala, Darshana, Yuji Murayama, N. S. K. Herath, C. M. Madduma Bandara, Rajeev Kumar Singh, and S. L. J. Fernando. "Exploring the Cooling Effects of Urban Wetlands in Colombo City, Sri Lanka." Remote Sensing 17, no. 11 (2025): 1919. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17111919.

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An urban heat island (UHI) refers to urban areas that experience higher temperatures due to heat absorption and retention by impervious surfaces compared to the surrounding rural areas. Urban wetlands are crucial in mitigating the UHI effect and improving climate resilience via their cooling effect. This study examines Colombo, Sri Lanka, the RAMSAR-accredited wetland city in South Asia, to assess the cooling effect of urban wetlands based on 2023 dry season data for effective sustainable management. We used Landsat 8 and 9 data to create Land Use/Cover (LUC), Land Surface Temperature (LST), and surface-reflectance-based maps using the Google Earth Engine (GEE). The Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Modified Normalized Difference Water Index (mNDWI), topographic wetness, elevation, slope, and impervious surface percentage were identified as the influencing variables. The results show that urban wetlands in Colombo face tremendous pressure due to rapid urban expansion. The cooling intensity positively correlates with wetland size. The threshold value of efficiency (TVoE) of urban wetlands in Colombo was 1.42 ha. Larger and more connected wetlands showed higher cooling effects. Vegetation- and water-based wetlands play an important role in <10 km urban areas, while more complex shape configuration wetlands provide better cooling effects in urban and peri-urban areas due to edge effects. Urban planners should prioritize protecting wetland areas and ensuring hydrological connectivity and interconnected wetland clusters to maximize the cooling effect and sustain ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing coastal cities.
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Husband, Danielle M., and Nancy E. McIntyre. "Urban Areas Create Refugia for Odonates in a Semi-Arid Region." Insects 12, no. 5 (2021): 431. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12050431.

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In western Texas, most wetlands are fed from precipitation runoff, making them sensitive to drought regimes, anthropogenic land-use activities in their surrounding watersheds, and the interactive effect between these two factors. We surveyed adult odonates in 133 wetlands (49 in grassland settings, 56 in cropland, and 28 in urban areas) in western Texas from 2003–2020; 33 species were recorded. Most species were widespread generalists, but urban wetlands had the highest species richness, as well as the most unique species of any of the three wetland types. Non-metric, multidimensional scaling ordination revealed that the odonate community in urban wetlands was distinctly different in composition than the odonates in non-urban wetlands. Urban wetlands were smaller in surface area than the other wetland types, but because they were fed from more consistently available urban runoff rather than seasonal precipitation, they had longer hydroperiods, particularly during a multi-year drought when wetlands in other land-cover contexts were dry. This anthropogenically enhanced water supply was associated with higher odonate richness despite presumably impaired water quality, indicating that consistent and prolonged presence of water in this semi-arid region was more important than the presence of native land cover within which the wetland existed. Compared to wetlands in the regional grassland landscape matrix, wetlands in agricultural and urban areas differed in hydroperiod, and presumably also in water quality; these effects translated to differences in the regional odonate assemblage by surrounding land-use type, with the highest richness at urban playas. Odonates in human environments may thus benefit through the creation of a more reliably available wetland habitat in an otherwise dry region.
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Lu, Yijun, Guofu Yang, Youli Zhang, et al. "The influence of management practices on plant diversity: a comparative study of three urban wetlands in an expanding city in eastern China." PeerJ 12 (January 4, 2024): e16701. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16701.

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Rapid urbanization has drawn some aquatic environments into the urban texture from the outskirts of cities, and the composition and distribution of plant species in urban wetlands along the urban gradient have changed. Understanding the drivers of these changes will help in the conservation and utilization of urban wetlands. This study investigated the differences in plant diversity and associated influencing factors in three wetlands, Xixi wetland, Tongjian Lake wetland, and Qingshan Lake wetland, which are located in a core area, fringe area, and suburban area of Hangzhou City, respectively. The results showed that a total of 104 families, 254 genera, and 336 species of plants were recorded in the Xixi wetland; 179 species, 150 genera, and 74 families were found in the Qingshan Lake wetland; and 112 species, 96 genera, and 57 families were collected in the Tongjian Lake wetland. The main plant species and flora distribution of the three urban wetlands showed similarities. Indigenous spontaneous vegetation was highest in the Xixi wetland, while cultivated plant species were most abundant in the Tongjian Lake wetland. The introduction of cultivated plants decreased the distance attenuation effect of plant communities, which led to a certain degree of plant diversity convergence among the three wetlands. Eight endangered plants were preserved in the Xixi wetland by planting them in suitable habitats. Ellenberg’s indicator values showed that the proportion of heliophilous plants was higher in the Qingshan Lake wetland, while the proportion of thermophilous plants and nitrogen-loving plants in the Tongjian Lake wetland was higher than in the other two wetlands. The importance of artificial interference factors affecting the differences in plant diversity was significantly higher than that of natural environmental factors in urban wetlands. The preservation of spontaneous plants and the introduction of cultivated plants had an importance of 25.73% and 25.38%, respectively. These were the main factors influencing the plant diversity of urban wetlands. The management mode that did not interfere with spontaneous vegetation and confined maintenance to cultivated plants in the Xixi wetland was beneficial for improving wetland plant diversity. Scientific plant reintroduction can also improve wetland plant diversity.
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Li, Tianjie, Yang Jin, and Yan Huang. "Water quality improvement performance of two urban constructed water quality treatment wetland engineering landscaping in Hangzhou, China." Water Science and Technology 85, no. 5 (2022): 1454–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.063.

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Abstract For typical wastewater treatment processes of urban sewage, plants are often noneffective to improve water qualities of lightly polluted domestic sewage, and urban constructed water quality treatment (WQT) wetlands designed with engineering landscape methods are utilized to optimize both water qualities and landscape values in recent years. The research determines the effects of two typical ecological engineering landscaping projects of urban constructed WQT wetlands by analysing their effects of wastewater quality improvements. Differences of water quality indicators (WQI) respectively among different treatment stages of wetlands includes surface flow wetland, vertical flow wetland, floating wetland islands etc., which have been measured and compared. Evaluation of urban constructed WQT wetlands engineering landscaping has been concluded based on comparisons among hydrological indicators and water quality indicators, i.e. pH, DO, NH3-N, CODCr, TP. Removal effects of individual indicators, includes NH3-N, CODCr and TP during different treatment stages have been quantitatively analysed. In accordance with quantitative analysis, benefits and deficiencies of practical landscape design of urban constructed WQT wetlands are concluded. By adapting proper principles in engineering landscaping, environmental and economic benefits can be achieved to create sustainable landscapes of urban constructed WQT wetlands.
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Kabiri, Stella, Molly Allen, Juduth Toma Okuonzia, Beatrice Akello, Rebecca Ssabaganzi, and Drake Mubiru. "Detecting wetland encroachment and urban agriculture land classification in Uganda using hyper-temporal remote sensing." AAS Open Research 3 (February 16, 2022): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13040.2.

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Background: Urbanization is an important indicator of economic growth and social change but is associated with environmental degradation, which threatens the sustainable growth of African cities. One of the most vulnerable ecosystems in urban areas are wetlands. In Uganda, wetlands cover an area of 11% of the country’s land area. Half of the wetland areas in Ugandan cities have been converted to industrial and residential areas, and urban agriculture. There is limited information on the extent of wetland conversion or utilization for urban agriculture. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent of wetlands lost in two Ugandan cities, Wakiso and Kampala, in the last 30 years. Secondly, we extracted crop agriculture in the wetlands of Kampala and Wakiso from hyper-temporal satellite image analysis in an attempt to produce a spatial detail of wetland encroachment maps of urban agriculture using a reproducible mapmaking method. Methods: Using a field survey and free remote sensing data from Landsat TM 1986 and Landsat ETM 2016 we classified the rate of wetland loss and encroachment between the years 1986 and 2016. We used MODIS NDVI 16-day composites at a 500-meter spatial resolution to broaden the analysis to distinguish distinctive crops and crop mixtures in the encroached wetlands for urban agriculture using the ISODATA clustering algorithm. Results: Over 30 years, 72,828 ha (73%) of the Wakiso-Kampala wetlands have been lost meanwhile agriculture areas have doubled. Of this 16,488 ha (23%) were converted from wetlands. All cultivated agriculture in Kampala was in the wetlands while in Wakiso, 73% of crop agriculture was in the wetlands. The major crops grown in these urban wetlands were banana (20%), sugarcane (22%), maize (17%), Eucalyptus trees (12%), sweet potatoes (10%), while ornamental nurseries, pine trees, vegetables, and passion fruits were each at 5%.
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Wang, Ming, Dehua Mao, Yeqiao Wang, et al. "Annual Wetland Mapping in Metropolis by Temporal Sample Migration and Random Forest Classification with Time Series Landsat Data and Google Earth Engine." Remote Sensing 14, no. 13 (2022): 3191. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14133191.

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Wetlands provide various ecosystem services to urban areas, which are crucial for sustainable urban management. With intensified urbanization, there has been marked loss of urban natural wetland, degradation, and related urban disasters in the past several decades. Rapid and accurate mapping of urban wetland extent and change is thus critical for improving urban planning toward sustainability. Here, we have developed a rapid method for continuous mapping of urban wetlands (MUW) by combining automatic sample migration and the random forest algorithm (SM&RF), the so-called MUW_SM&RF. Using time series Landsat images, annual training samples were generated through spectral angular distance (SAD) and time series analysis. Combined with the RF algorithm, annual wetland maps in urban areas were derived. Employing the Google Earth Engine platform (GEE), the MUW_SM&RF was evaluated in four metropolitan areas in different geographical and climatic regions of China from 1990 to 2020, including Tianjin, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Wuhan. In all four study areas, the generated annual wetland maps had an overall accuracy of over 87% and a Kappa coefficient above 0.815. Compared with previously published datasets, the urban wetland areas derived using the MUW_SM&RF approach achieved improved accuracy and thus demonstrated its robustness for rapid mapping of urban wetlands. Urban wetlands in all four cities had variable distribution patterns and showed significantly decreased trends in the past three decades. The annual urban wetland data product generated by the MUW_SM&RF can provide invaluable information for sustainable urban planning and management, so as for assessment related to the United Nation’s sustainable development goals.
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ATOH, Atoh Elvis, Zephania Nji FOGWE, and Lawrence Fon FOMBE. "Road Network Connectivity Implications on Urban Wetlands Accessibility in the City of Douala, Cameroon." Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International 29, no. 3 (2025): 96–110. https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i3876.

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Urban wetlands have an established record to provide essential services such as flood mitigation, water purification, and biodiversity conservation, but the uncoordinated growth of third world cities have triggered an influx into these wetlands. The Douala urban peripheral mangrove wetlands that were non-constructible areas have succumbed to this human pressure which compromises their accessibility and functionality. This study investigates the implications of road network connectivity on urban wetland accessibility in Douala, Cameroon. Field survey of the road transport network was carried out and analyzed for road network connectivity using the Beta index in addition to a survey through targeted questionnaires to 500 households in three wetlands that epitomize the road accessibility trait. Results of the study revealed that the road network of Mambanda and Makepe Missoke is high with 7.1 km/km2 and of 8.1km/km2 while that of Bois des Singes is low with just of 3.5 km/km2. The connectivity of the road network in the wetlands from the beta indices gives a connected road network with Mambanda, Makepe Missoke and Bois des Singes having beta indices of 1.17, 1.11 and 1.02 respectively. The implication is that the urban wetland road connectivity gives a false impression of accessibility for the flux of good and human services that are constraint by the natural hydro geomorphological conditions. There is need to rethink the mobility plight of the urban wetland duellers once left to colonize such inedificandi areas. This study recommends that stakeholders managing these wetlands should engage in the planning of the wetlands in a sustainable, resilient and inclusive way, by improving on the road transportation system and the accessibility of only those areas that do not affect the health of the wetlands and evict the wetland inhabitants from the peripheral highly inaccessible parts where the improvement in accessibility may results in the degradation of the wetlands.
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Steinman, Alexis. "Assessment of Wetland Water Quality and Plant Species Composition across the Rural, Peri-Urban, and Urban Gradient." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28381.

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The Prairie Pothole Region, specifically eastern North Dakota, has experienced intense disturbance from agricultural demands and urban sprawl. This study assessed wetlands across the rural, peri-urban, and urban gradient to determine the impacts of urbanization on water quality and vegetation composition. Thirty wetlands were randomly selected and compared based on land use type and the impervious to pervious surface ratio within one mile of each wetland. Water quality samples were taken in 2015 and 2016, and a vegetation assessment was completed at all wetlands. Results indicate disturbance from urbanization impacts wetland water quality and vegetation composition. Rural wetland water quality and vegetation significantly differ from both peri-urban and urban wetlands, whereas peri-urban and urban wetland water quality and vegetation do not differ. Information from this study is useful to wetland professionals across the globe as urban development and sprawl continue to impact wetlands.
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Yung, Sonja Burns. "Measurement of sediment oxygen demand in a created urban wetland." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222009-040211/.

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Conran, Leigh Garde. "Establishment vegetation patterns in an artificial urban wetland as a basis for management." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envc754.pdf.

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Cutbill, Linda Beverley. "Urban stormwater treatment by artificial wetlands." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266138.

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Balderas-Guzmán, Celina. "Strategies for systemic urban constructed wetlands." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80907.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2013.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-128).<br>As a result of ubiquitous impermeable surfaces, conventional water management and stormwater infrastructure, and the resultant degradation of natural hydrologic networks, most American urban areas have suffered severely compromised hydrological function and health, particularly related to stormwater and its storage, treatment, and flow. Negative externalities exist at multiple scales: increased disaster vulnerability, climate change, poor water quality, habitat loss, etc. Because upgrading conventional single-purpose infrastructure has become an increasingly cost-prohibitive option, urban areas are finding that reincorporating natural systems can be more effective. In the last 20 years, constructed wetlands have arisen as a promising multi-purpose solution to stormwater problems. Constructed wetlands are artificial systems designed to mimic natural wetlands by using the same physical, biological, and chemical processes to treat water. They are relatively large, but their size gives them high ecological potential and numerous other benefits, such as flooding protection and recreational spaces, while having low life-cycle costs. Since the effectiveness of constructed wetlands comes from mimicking natural wetlands, then the analogy to nature should be extended as far as possible. In nature, wetlands are a system connected to a regional hydrologic network. Therefore, constructed wetlands distributed systemically throughout a watershed have potential to deliver more networked benefits than the current practice of dispersed and disconnected wetlands for individual sites. Yet little research exists examining the implications of urban constructed wetlands in design and planning terms, at multiple scales. In fact, few urban constructed wetland projects for stormwater exist in the first place. This thesis proposes a framework for understanding the potential of systemic constructed wetlands as landscape infrastructure in urban areas. Based on an understanding of science, engineering, and urbanism, this thesis identifies the urban zones of greatest potential for stormwater constructed wetlands and suggests the benefits that could arise out of an urban constructed wetland system, beyond simply water treatment.<br>by Celina Balderas-Guzmán.<br>S.M.<br>M.C.P.
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Wang, Chih-Yu. "Floating wetlands for urban stormwater treatment." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52036.

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A floating treatment wetland (FTW) is an ecological approach which seeks to reduce point and nonpoint source pollution by installing substrate rooted plants grown on floating mats in open waters. While relatively novel, FTW use is increasing. A review of literature identified several research gaps, including: (1) assessments of the treatment performance of FTWs; (2) evaluations of FTWs in the U.S., particularly within wet ponds that receive urban runoff; and (3) plant temporal nutrient distribution, plant growth rate, and the long-term persistence of the FTWs in temperate regions with periodic ice encasement. An assessment model, i-FTW model, was developed, and its parameter s fitted based on data from 14 published FTW studies in the first research topic. The estimated median FTW apparent uptake velocity with 95% confidence interval were 0.048 (0.018 - 0.059) and 0.027 (0.016 - 0.040) m/day for total phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN), respectively. The i-FTW model provided a more accurate prediction in nutrient removal than two common performance metrics: removal rate (mg/m2/day) and removal efficiency (%). In the second research topic, the results of a mesocosm experiment indicated that FTWs with 61% coverage, planted with pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata L.) or softstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani), significantly improved TP and TN removal efficiency of the control treatment by 8.2% and 18.2%, respectively. The pickerelweed exhibited significantly higher phosphorus and nitrogen removal than the softstem bulrush when water temperatures were greater than 25 deg C. Field observations in the third research topic found that pickerelweed demonstrated higher phosphorus removal performance (7.58 mg/plant) than softstem bulrush (1.62 mg/plant). Based on the observed seasonal changes in phosphorus distribution, harvest of above-ground vegetation is recommended to be conducted twice a year in June and September. Planted perennial macrophytes successfully adapted to stresses of the low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations (minimum: 1.2 mg/L), ice encasement, and relatively low nutrient concentrations in the water (median: 0.15 mg/L TP and 1.15 mg/L TN). Systematic observation of wildlife activities indicated eight classes of organisms inhabiting, foraging, breeding, nursing, or resting in the FTWs. Recommendations for FTW design and suggestions for further research are made based upon these findings.<br>Ph. D.
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Al-Isawi, R. H. "Urban wastewater treatment with mature constructed wetlands." Thesis, University of Salford, 2016. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/41423/.

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Despite the global acceptance for the application of vertical-flow constructed wetlands (VF CWs) as sustainable and cost-efficient technology in treating various types of wastewater, including urban wastewater, continuous loading of wetlands over time can lead to performance inefficiency and generate operational problems especially when high shock loads, such as petroleum hydrocarbon spills, are subjected to the system. Contamination with petroleum hydrocarbon compounds results in changing the structure, function and ecosystem service values of wetlands, which can eventually lead to clogging of the wetland substrate and affect the life time of the system. Sound knowledge of long-term performance in mature vertical-flow constructed wetlands linked with hydrocarbon treatment processes is needed to make guided judgments about the probable effects of a given suite of impacts and revise the management plans accordingly. A study was conducted to compare the impact of different design (aggregate size) and operational (contact time, rest time and chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading) variables on the long-term and seasonal performance of vertical-flow constructed wetland filters operated in tidal flow between June 2011 and March 2016. Ten different vertical-flow wetland systems were planted with Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Common Reed). Approximately 130 and 975 grams of diesel fuel (equivalent to 20 and 150 grams/litre, respectively) were each poured into four wetland filters on 26/09/2013 and 26/09/2014 respectively. Overall findings showed that the mature wetland system improved the water quality except for ortho-phosphate-phosphorus (PO₄-P), which reduced less over time. Findings also indicated that the wetland filter with the highest chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading but no diesel contamination performed the best in terms of COD and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) removal. Filters contaminated by diesel performed worse in terms of COD and BOD but considerably better regarding nitrate-nitrogen removal. The removal efficiencies dropped for those filters impacted by the diesel spills. Seasonal analysis for water quality from different wetlands showed clear seasonal outflow concentration trends (low in summer) for COD, and nitrate-nitrogen (NO₃-N) while effluent BOD showed high treatment performance in winter. No clear seasonal trend for ammonia-nitrogen (NH₄-N), PO₄-P or suspended solids (SS) was noted. Serious clogging phenomena, impacting negatively on the treatment performance and the hydraulic conductivity, were not observed. The simulation model confirms the experimental findings that notable wetland clogging restricting the operation did not occur. Moreover, results showed that small aggregate diameter, low inflow COD load, and high contact and rest time were most efficient in reducing SS accumulation within the wetland filter bed. With regard to the treatment performance of the hydrocarbon contaminants, results indicated that all wetland systems had a relatively good performance in treating petroleum hydrocarbon compounds and the evaluation showed that all the hydrocarbon components were highly degraded and their concentrations were reduced in all treated effluents of wetland filters with time. This indicates that VF CW zones provide appropriate conditions for high treatment capacity of diesel compounds spilled with urban wastewater by a combination of processes taking place in the wetland filters, thus minimizing hydrocarbon compounds within the filter. A new experimental artificial ponds system, including: ponds with wastewater; ponds with wastewater and reeds; and ponds with wastewater, reeds and aeration, was operated in parallel with the mature experimental vertical-flow constructed wetland system, for the period between July 2015 and October 2015, to compare performance, design and operation variables between the two treatment technologies in the treatment of urban wastewater. Findings showed that highest COD and SS removals were observed for wetlands in comparison to ponds. Moreover, mature wetlands were better in removing NH₄-N and PO₄-P than ponds unless the ponds were aerated. Both systems were linked with medium to high levels of BOD removal. The aerated pond system demonstrated better treatment performance in terms of NH₄-N and PO₄-P. The NO₃-N concentration increased in the aerated ponds reflecting the high oxygen availability. Due to increasing water scarcity and droughts, which are key concerns worldwide, there is considerable interest in recycling various wastewater streams, such as treated urban wastewater, for irrigation in the agricultural sector. Recycling of effluents from various wetland filters (with/without diesel contamination) was assessed for the irrigation of chilli plants (De Cayenne; Capsicum annuum (Linnaeus) Longum Group ‘De Cayenne’) grown in a greenhouse environment. Concerning chilli fruit numbers, findings showed that the highest fruit yields for all wetland filters were associated with those that received inflow wastewater with a high loading rate, reflecting the high nutrient availability in treated wastewater, which is of obvious importance for yield production. Findings also indicated that wetlands without hydrocarbon contamination, with small aggregate size, low contact time, and low inflow loading rate provided high marketable yields (expressed in economic return). In comparison, chillies irrigated by filters with hydrocarbon contamination, small aggregate size, high contact time and high loading rate also resulted in high marketable yields of chillies, which pointed out the role of high contact time and high inflow load for better diesel degradation rates. The overall outcome of this research could considerably contribute to optimization of the design and development of long-term operation variables for constructed wetland technology particularly in petroleum industry applications. Statistically validated long-term data interpretation can particularly help the wetland modelling community and wetland managers to define, with insight into long-term and seasonal factors, removal processes for individual water quality parameters to maximize wetlands treatment performance.
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Maulan, Suhardi. "A Perceptual Study of Wetlands: Implications for Wetland Restoration in the Urban Area in Malaysia." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26966.

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The restoration of natural wetlands is a wonderful, noble and pragmatic idea, but such efforts often meet resistance from certain segments of society. One reason for this is that the public perceives the environment in different ways than do the experts, such as landscape architects and land managers. This dissertation analyzes peopleâ s preferences for wetlands in comparison to those of landscape architects. It specifically studies the conflict about the wetland restoration program in the Malaysiaâ s Kelana Jaya Municipal Park. This dissertation is based on data obtained from a preference survey using photo questionnaires that polled both the publicâ s and landscape architectsâ group preferences for wetlands. The data was analyzed using the Content Identifying Method (CIM) to determine group preferences for wetlands and factors that influence these preferences. Park managers from several local authorities also were interviewed to determine their expectations of public preferences and attitudes toward wetland restoration and public participation. The public and landscape architects have significantly differed in stated preferences for wetlands. The public strongly prefers park-like landscapes that demonstrate human influences and provide the potential for human involvement; in contrast, landscape architects prefer natural wetlands that are visually pleasing, with well-defined spaces, visual coherence, and visual complexity. In addition, park managers did not accurately predict the publicâ s view of wetlands. Their prediction was similar to landscape architectsâ preferences. Attitudes toward wetland activities and safety, knowledge about wetland benefits, the motivation to use urban natural open spaces, and familiarity with nature significantly affected the publicâ s preferences. Further, the motivation to use urban natural open spaces was the best predictor of publicâ s preferences. The primary implications of this dissertation are that environmental education should be a core activity in changing peopleâ s perceptions of natural wetlands and that opinions of local people should be incorporated in many aspect of wetlands restoration, planning, design, and policymaking, especially in Malaysia.<br>Ph. D.
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Hanford, Jayne Kathryn. "Aquatic Biodiversity and Mosquito Ecology in Urban Wetlands." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/23225.

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Global wetland loss means urban wetlands are an increasingly valuable conservation resource. Concerns around mosquito-borne diseases will restrict how we manage these wetlands for conservation, yet the impacts of common wetland management practices on aquatic biodiversity and mosquitoes are often untested, and our understanding of interactions between biodiversity, mosquitoes and wetland and landscape traits is severely limited. I used a combination of observational and landscape scale manipulative field experiments and laboratory experiments to characterise relationships between aquatic biodiversity, mosquitoes, wetland traits, surrounding human population density, invasive species and wetland management regimes. I found that aquatic biodiversity and abundance of mosquito species of pest and public health importance respond to wetland design traits and human population density, though biodiversity and mosquitoes are not necessarily responding to each other. Wetland management regimes and the presence of invasive species can significantly affect aquatic biodiversity and mosquito abundance, as well as mosquito behaviour. Direct and indirect relationships between mosquitoes and other aquatic biota appear to influence subsequent community recovery following such disturbances. Relationships altered due to wetland management regimes and the presence of invasive species in turn have the potential to shape mosquito risks associated with freshwater urban wetlands and influence the value of these wetlands to urban biodiversity. To maximise the ecological benefits of the growing number of freshwater urban wetlands without creating perverse impacts on public health and wellbeing associated with mosquito exposure requires not only improved integration between the traditionally separate fields of wetland ecology and medical entomology, but also consideration of species-specific responses and design traits to pre-emptively minimise potential risks.
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Porter, Abigail M. "Wetlands in the Urban Landscape: The Process of Wetlands Restoration in Baltimore, Maryland and Paris, France." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1058301973.

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Kusler, Jon A. Urban wetlands. s.n, 1988.

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Rojas Quezada, Carolina, ed. Urban Wetlands in Latin America. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69590-2.

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National Wetland Symposium (1988 Oakland, Calif.). Urban wetlands: Proceedings of the National Wetland Symposium, June 26-29, 1988, Oakland, California. Edited by Kusler Jon A, Brooks Gail, Daly Sally, Association of Wetland Managers, Inc., and North American Riparian Council. Association of Wetland Managers, 1989.

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L, Emerton, IUCN East Africa Regional Office., IUCN Eastern Africa Programme, and Economics and Biodiversity Programme (IUCN East Africa Regional Office), eds. The present economic value of Nakivubo Urban Wetland, Uganda. IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office, 1999.

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(Sandro), Marpillero S., Monier Geraldine, and Hock Karen, eds. [Thresholds of Eib's Pond Park]. Design Trust for Public Space, 2001.

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United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Wetlands Division, ed. Natural wetlands and urban stormwater: Potential impacts and management. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Wetlands Division, 1993.

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Gosselin, Heather M. The urban outback : wetlands for wildlife: A guide to wetland restoration and frog-friendly backyards. Metro Toronto Zoo, Adopt-A-Pond Wetland Conservation Programme, 1995.

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Scholz, Miklas. Wetland systems: Storm water management control. Springer, 2011.

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Mark E. Taylor & Associates. Constructed wetlands for stormwater management: An annotated bibliography. Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1992.

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Zhang, Tiantian. The use of macrophytes for heavy metal pollution control in urban wetlands. Middlesex Polytechnic, Urban Pollution Research Centre, 1990.

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Hwang, Lanshing, and Ben A. LePage. "Floating Islands—An Alternative to Urban Wetlands." In Wetlands. Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0551-7_14.

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Rogerson, Robert. "Artificial Urban Wetlands." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87745-3_193.

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Rogerson, Robert. "Artificial Urban Wetlands." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_193-1.

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Rogerson, Robert. "Artificial Urban Wetlands." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_193-1.

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Francese, Dora. "Wetlands." In Technologies for Sustainable Urban Design and Bioregionalist Regeneration. Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315658346-16.

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Xue, Zhenshan, Zhongsheng Zhang, Caifeng Cheng, and Tingting Zhang. "Cooling Effects of Urban and Peri-Urban Wetlands: Remote Sensing." In Wetlands and Habitats. CRC Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429445507-16.

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Palta, Monica M., and Emilie K. Stander. "Wetlands in Urban Environments." In The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429506758-32.

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Martelliano, Vito, and Nicoletta Denaro. "Visibility analysis in wetland protection processes." In Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques. Firenze University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.37.

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The environmental and ecosystem values of wetland are maintained through standardized methods, monitoring ecological ed ecosystems aspects like quality of water bodies, the presence or abundance of species and so on. However, protection initiatives sometimes prove to be insufficient in effectively reducing anthropogenic pressures like intensive agricultural areas, infrastructure, urban settlements and industrial sites. Their presence affects effectively and from a perceptive point of view the landscape of the wetlands. In order to reduce visibility fragmentations of wetlands landscapes, the introduction of the perception analysis in wetland conservation processes could guarantee the integral protection of unique value of wetlands landscape. The visibility analysis method is based on the visual perception: intervisibility maps are created using GIS tools the proposed methodology has been applied to the case study of the southeastern Sicilian wetlands, whose landscape value is highly threatened by human actions.
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Chirisa, Innocent. "Wetlands Preservation in Urban Areas." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sustainable Resources and Ecosystem Resilience. Springer International Publishing, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67776-3_37-1.

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Mishra, Himansu S., Simon Bell, Anna Wilczynńska, and Jekaterina Balicka. "Urban wetlands and storm water management." In Urban Blue Spaces. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429056161-17.

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Conference papers on the topic "Urban wetlands"

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Nwaogu, Chukwudi, Babatunde Alabi, Nasir A. Uma, Bridget E. Diag, Victor A. Agidi, and Chinwe G. Onwuagb. "LAND USE-COVER CHANGE TRAJECTORY AND IMPLICATION ON THE AGRICULTURAL AREAS OF SAO PAULO CITY: A GEOINFORMATICS APPROACH." In 24th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2024. STEF92 Technology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2024/2.1/s08.17.

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Agricultural productivity and environmental changes can be greatly affected by agricultural and other land use. Mapping of vegetation and land cover is a fundamental way of managing the natural resources on the earth surface. To determine or study the crop productivities of any geographical location, agricultural land use is one of the crucial clues for reliable information. We aimed to investigate the effects of urbanization on agricultural lands in Sao Paulo city. A 30-year multi-temporal satellite imagery dataset from four distinct years were mapped: 1992 (Landsat TM), 2002 (Landsat ETM+), 2012 (Landsat ETM+), and 2022 (Sentinel) were collected and analyzed using geospatial tools. Identified land use were waterbody, settlement, agricultural land, wetland, and forest. Change detection analysis was performed using Erdas imagine software and future prediction was achieved by applying Idrisi selva 15 software. The result indicated between 1992 and 2022 settlement and wetland increased in areas while agricultural land, forest and waterbody decreased. These observed changes in the spatial pattern of LULC could be attributed to the encroachment and converted to other uses such as settlement and urban agriculture. The overall changes depicted in the evolution matrix and map demonstrated that, because of speculation practices, urbanization has primarily affected agricultural land use. Application of geospatial technologies (remote sensing and GIS) has proved effective in monitoring LULC changes and providing vital information for policy making in Sao Paulo City�s food (in)security and urban sustainable development.
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Das, Nirupam, and Surabhi Mehrotra. "Wetlands in Urban Contexts: A Case of Bhoj Wetland." In IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9554693.

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Sooriyaarachchi, S. A. P. C., and I. G. P. Rajapaksha. "Effective integration of built environment with urban Ramsar wetlands: an environmentally sustainable design framework." In Empower communities. Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/faru.2023.15.

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Considering the increasing number of Urban Wetland Integrated Building Invasions that occur continuously in Sri Lanka, there is little scientific understanding of the optimal design strategies and their relative advantages for ecosystems and humans. The preservation of ecology while adding architectural interventions into sensitive places is a complex procedure, especially when dealing with highly sensitive eco-systems. To wisely integrate buildings with the natural environment of the wetlands, research on the design and application of integrating ESD standards is essential. The primary concept that applies the most to ESD recommendations for wetlands is the "environmental briefing system" (ESD), which is regarded as the most comprehensive and clearly expressed principles and strategies on ESD features. Furthermore, this research extends the framework to include strategies specific to RAMSAR wetlands, comprising 33 distinct methods organized within five primary rationales. This results in a comprehensive framework comprising 63 optional design measures tailored to conserve and protect urban RAMSAR wetlands effectively. In advance, the suggested framework could be used as a benchmark, an evaluation index, or an environmental assessment tool for projects that have already been completed. Additionally, it could be used as a fix-up tool, a checklist for design teams, or a benchmark for projects that are still in the pre-design stages.
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Miller, Jill N., Nicholas Pansic, and Suzanne Malec. "Stream Restoration in the Urban Environment." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 2001. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40581(2001)86.

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Goldsmith, Wendi, Kirk R. Barrett, Marit Larson, and William Lattrell. "Urban Channel Restoration: Design and Monitoring." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 1998. American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40382(1998)168.

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Butera, Bob, and Daniel Billman. "Urban Stream Restoration in Anchorage, Alaska." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 1998. American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40382(1998)4.

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McCarty, M., A. Ravestein, C. Streb, and D. O’Heney. "Large Scale Floating Wetlands for Urban Waterfronts." In 15th Triennial International Conference. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784482629.008.

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Byars, Morgan S., and Mike Kelly. "Sediment Transport in Urban Stream Restoration Design." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 2001. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40581(2001)3.

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Traver, Robert G. "Comparison of Routing Techniques in a Stormwater Wetlands BMP." In Ninth International Conference on Urban Drainage (9ICUD). American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40644(2002)33.

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Avery, Kenneth, Craig Fischenich, Hollis Allen, Joseph Redican, and Chris Hempel. "Meeting Multiple Objectives for an Urban Stream Project." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 2001. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40581(2001)87.

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Stimmel, Elisabeth, Peter Goodwin, and Diane Menuz. Updated Wetland Mapping in Cache County. Utah Geological Survey, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34191/c-133.

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The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) recently updated wetland mapping in Cache County to provide accurate spatial data for responsible urban growth and resource management. The updated mapping identifies wetlands, waterbodies, and riparian areas as part of the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) dataset and includes new, more detailed information. The updated mapping can be viewed on the NWI Wetlands Mapper or the Utah Wetlands Mapper (see Additional Resources).
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Mahan, Brent L. Valuing Urban Wetlands: A Property Pricing Approach,. Defense Technical Information Center, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada326734.

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Goodwin, Peter, and Rebecca Molinari. Cache Valley Wetland Mapping: Supplemental Report. Utah Geological Survey, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34191/ofr-744.

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This report summarizes a recently completed mapping project in Cache County that had three components: mapping wetland and riparian areas to update National Wetland Inventory (NWI) mapping; applying additional Landscape Position, Landform, Water Flow path, and Waterbody Type (LLWW) attributes to enhance utility and information provided by the new mapping; and developing landscape-scale models identifying likely functions provided by wetlands across the entire project area. The project area and extent of the mapping effort covers 533,000 acres of the county and includes the entire Cache Valley as well as parts of the Blacksmith Fork, Logan River, and High Creek watersheds in the Bear River Range. The project area includes most wetland areas in Cache County and the wetlands most likely affected by agricultural and urban development.
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Desiderati, Christopher. Carli Creek Regional Water Quality Project: Assessing Water Quality Improvement at an Urban Stormwater Constructed Wetland. Portland State University, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/mem.78.

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Stormwater management is an ongoing challenge in the United States and the world at-large. As state and municipal agencies grapple with conflicting interests like encouraging land development, complying with permits to control stormwater discharges, “urban stream syndrome” effects, and charges to steward natural resources for the long-term, some agencies may turn to constructed wetlands (CWs) as aesthetically pleasing and functional natural analogs for attenuating pollution delivered by stormwater runoff to rivers and streams. Constructed wetlands retain pollutants via common physical, physicochemical, and biological principles such as settling, adsorption, or plant and algae uptake. The efficacy of constructed wetlands for pollutant attenuation varies depending on many factors such as flow rate, pollutant loading, maintenance practices, and design features. In 2018, the culmination of efforts by Clackamas Water Environment Services and others led to the opening of the Carli Creek Water Quality Project, a 15-acre constructed wetland adjacent to Carli Creek, a small, 3500-ft tributary of the Clackamas River in Clackamas County, OR. The combined creek and constructed wetland drain an industrialized, 438-acre, impervious catchment. The wetland consists of a linear series of a detention pond and three bioretention treatment cells, contributing a combined 1.8 acres of treatment area (a 1:243 ratio with the catchment) and 3.3 acre-feet of total runoff storage. In this study, raw pollutant concentrations in runoff were evaluated against International Stormwater BMP database benchmarks and Oregon Water Quality Criteria. Concentration and mass-based reductions were calculated for 10 specific pollutants and compared to daily precipitation totals from a nearby precipitation station. Mass-based reductions were generally higher for all pollutants, largely due to runoff volume reduction on the treatment terrace. Concentration-based reductions were highly variable, and suggested export of certain pollutants (e.g., ammonia), even when reporting on a mass-basis. Mass load reductions on the terrace for total dissolved solids, nitrate+nitrite, dissolved lead, and dissolved copper were 43.3 ± 10%, 41.9 ± 10%, 36.6 ± 13%, and 43.2 ± 16%, respectively. E. coli saw log-reductions ranging from -1.3 — 3.0 on the terrace, and -1.0 — 1.8 in the creek. Oregon Water Quality Criteria were consistently met at the two in-stream sites on Carli Creek for E. coli with one exception, and for dissolved cadmium, lead, zinc, and copper (with one exception for copper). However, dissolved total solids at the downstream Carli Creek site was above the Willamette River guidance value 100 mg/L roughly 71% of the time. The precipitation record during the study was useful for explaining certain pollutant reductions, as several mechanisms are driven by physical processes, however it was not definitive. The historic rain/snow/ice event in mid-February 2021 appeared to impact mass-based reductions for all metals. Qualitatively, precipitation seemed to have the largest effect on nutrient dynamics, specifically ammonia-nitrogen. Determining exact mechanisms of pollutant removals was outside the scope of this study. An improved flow record, more targeted storm sampling, or more comprehensive nutrient profiles could aid in answering important questions on dominant mechanisms of this new constructed wetland. This study is useful in establishing a framework and baseline for understanding this one-of-a-kind regional stormwater treatment project and pursuing further questions in the future.
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Lascheck, Robert. Long-Term Managed Flooding to Control Invasive Phalaris arundinacea L. and Help Restore Native Vegetation in an Urban Palustrine Wetlands Ecosystem. Portland State University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/mem.7.

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Winters-Michaud, Clayton (Clayton P. )., Alfred Haro, Scott Callahan, and Daniel P. Bigelow. Major uses of land in the United States, 2017. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2024.8633522.ers.

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The United States has a total land area of 2.26 billion acres. In 2017, the major uses of land were grassland pasture and rangeland at 659 million acres (29 percent of the U.S. total), forest-use land at 622 million acres (28 percent), cropland at 390 million acres (17 percent), special uses (primarily parks and wildlife areas) at 318 million acres (14 percent), miscellaneous other uses (such as wetlands, tundra, and unproductive woodlands) at 197 million acres (9 percent), and urban land at 74 million acres (3 percent). This study presents findings from the most recent (2017) inventory of U.S. major land uses, drawing on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and various other sources. The data sources are collected for each State to estimate the use of several broad classes and subclasses of agricultural and nonagricultural land over time. National and regional trends in land use are discussed using earlier major land-use estimates.--
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Talbot-Wright, Hipólito, and Adrien Vogt-Schilb. Heat and High Water: Nine Pathways to Climate Resilient Development. Inter-American Development Bank, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005214.

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Climate change has arrived, putting lives, ecosystems, and economies in jeopardy. "Heat and High Water" provides a much-needed primer on how countries can adapt to this harsh new reality. Written for a general audience in clear, non-technical language, the book examines climate threats and resilience strategies sector by sector, focusing on the specific challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean. How can dense population centers use wetlands and parks, as well as other elements of urban planning, to protect against floods and landslides? What can be done to ensure the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people during heatwaves and epidemics? Are there innovations in renewable energy, food security, energy, transport, and fiscal and financial policy particularly suited to the new circumstances of the region and others likely to fail? The book engages these questions and many more with a deep analysis based on three core principles: the need for flexible solutions amid the uncertainty of climate change; the interdependence of sectors across social and economic life; and the need to reform governance to ensure coordinated, inclusive adaptation that emphasizes local communities and stakeholders. By breaking down the complex topic of climate adaptation into digestible chapters, "Heat and High Water" offers tools for citizens, policymakers, and business leaders to build thriving, resilient societies amid climate disruptions while elucidating lessons valuable to a global audience.
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Hochmair, Hartwig, Adam Benjamin, Daniel Gann, Levente Juhasz, and Zhaohui Fu. Miami-Dade County Urban Tree Canopy Analysis. Florida International University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25148/gis.009116.

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This assessment focuses on describing urban tree canopy (UTC) within the Urban Development Boundary of Miami-Dade County, as defined by the Miami-Dade County Transportation Planning Organization (Figure 1). The area (intracoastal water areas excluded) encompasses approximately 1147 km2 (443 mi2). A combination of remote sensing and publicly available vector data was used to classify the following land cover classes: tree canopy/shrubs, grass, bare ground, wetland, water, building, street/railroad, other impervious surfaces, and cropland.
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Jenkins, Noah. First season effects of managed flooding on the invasive species Phalaris arundinacea L. and shoreline vegetation communities in an urban wetland. Portland State University Library, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.5490.

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Cooper, Christopher, Jacob McDonald, Eric Starkey, and Wendy Wright. Wadeable stream habitat monitoring at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park: 2017 baseline report. National Park Service, 2019. https://doi.org/10.36967/2268263.

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The Southeast Coast Network (SECN) stream habitat monitoring protocol collects data to give park resource managers insight into the status of and trends in stream and near-channel habitat conditions (McDonald et al. 2018a). Wadeable stream assessments are currently implemented at the five SECN inland parks with wadeable streams. These parks include Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (HOBE), Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield (KEMO), Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (OCMU), Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CHAT), and Congaree National Park (CONG). Streams chosen for assessment were specifically targeted for management interest (e.g., trail erosion issues and upstream urban development) or to provide a context for similar-sized stream(s) within the park or network (McDonald and Starkey 2019a). The objectives of the SECN stream habitat monitoring protocol are to: • Determine status of upstream watershed characteristics (basin morphology) and trends in land cover that may affect stream habitat; • Determine the status of and trends in benthic and near-channel habitat in selected wadeable stream reaches (e.g., bed sediment, geomorphic channel units [GCUs], and large woody debris [LWD]); and • Determine the status of and trends in cross-sectional morphology, longitudinal gradient, and sinuosity of selected wadeable stream reaches. On September 27, 2017, data were collected at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (OCMU) to characterize the in- and near-channel habitat on a permanently monumented reach on Walnut Creek (OCMU001). These data, along with in-office analysis of remotely-sensed geographic information system (GIS) data, are presented in this report to describe and compare the watershed-, reach-, and transect-scale characteristics of OCMU001 to selected third-order streams at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CHAT001 and CHAT013) and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (KEMO001 and KEMO002). Reach OCMU001’s watershed (Walnut Creek) has low slope/relief and is covered mostly by forest and agricultural pasture. The major defining characteristics of the stream were the presence of floodplains, natural levees, lack of riffle habitat, and homogeneous channel slope throughout the reach. Though the majority of the watershed lies in the Appalachian Piedmont physiographic province, the OCMU001 reach of Walnut Creek lies in the Upper Coastal Plain and is a low energy, depositional environment which is subject to regular flooding and slow post-flood draining. The channel surveyed at OCMU001 is smaller than expected, given the large size of its watershed. The small channel size is interpreted as evidence that the majority of flood waters that come through Ocmulgee Mounds NHP by way of Walnut Creek do not follow this flow path. Alternatively, flood waters are diverted away from the hillslope, into the wetlands to the west of OCMU001 and into a power line right-of-way east of OCMU001, through a series of flood chutes and side channels. It is suggested that discharge monitoring stations be installed at the railroad bridge that crosses Walnut Creek (upstream of OCMU001), just upstream of OCMU001, and immediately downstream of OCMU001 to determine the proportion of flow that bypasses the channel at OCMU001 and to determine how much floodwater enters OCMU001 through flood chutes and side channels. Though the reach had a high abundance of large woody debris (LWD), based on the results of the pebble count and the type/distribution of the geomorphic channel unit (GCU) within the reach, in-stream habitat within the surveyed stream was classified as “poor to fair.” These classifications are generalized interpretations of in-stream habitat and additional work is needed to determine how flow (e.g., flashiness of flow and baseflow conditions), water quality, and in-stream physical characteristics affect biodiversity and stream health at Ocmulgee Mounds NHP. Given the complex hydrologic setting of OCMU
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