Annotated Bibliography
Arnold, Chester L., and C. James Gibbons. 1996. “Impervious Surface Coverage: The Emergence of a Key Environmental Indicator.” Journal of the American Planning Association 62 (2): 243–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944369608975688.
Beeler, Carolyn. 2014. “Plagued by Chronic Flooding, Southbridge Neighborhood Hangs Hopes on Old-School Fix.” WHYY.Org. 2014. https://whyy.org/segments/plagued-by-chronic-flooding-southbridge-neighborhood-hangs-hopes-on-old-school-fix/.
This article details the issues of flooding in the Southbridge neighborhood. It is one students would read in their research.
Cettner, Annicka, Richard Ashley, Maria Viklander, and Kristina Nilsson. 2013. “Stormwater Management and Urban Planning: Lessons from 40 Years of Innovation.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 56 (6): 786–801. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2012.706216.
DuPoldt, Carl, Robert Edwards, Lamonte Garber, Barry Isaacs, and Jeffrey Lapp. 1996. “A Handbook of Constructed Wetlands: General Considerations.” Ecological Engineering 1 (1996): 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.07.010.
The Groundwater Foundation. 2020. “All About Rain Gardens.” Groundwater.Org. 2020. https://www.groundwater.org/action/home/raingardens.html#:~:text=A rain garden is a,%2C driveways%2C patios or lawns.
This is a good resource to learn more about rain gardens and their construction. Students may need additional resources to the EPA site, and this is a good alternative.
GSA (General Services Administration). 2011. “A Report of the United States General Services Administration The Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs on Public and Commercial Buildings.” http://www.gsa.gov/portal/mediaId/158783/fileName/The_Benefits_and_Challenges_of_Green_Roofs_on_Public_and_Commercial_Buildings.action.
Keller, Michael, Mira Rojansakul, David Ingold, Christopher Flavelle, and Brittany Harris. 2017. “Outdated and Unreliable: FEMA’s Faulty Flood Maps Put Homeowners at Risk.” Bloomberg.Com. 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-fema-faulty-flood-maps/.
Lister, Tonya W, Andrew J Lister, William H McWilliams, Randall S Morin, James A Westfall, Brett J Butler, Susan D Crocker, et al. 2017. “Delaware Forests.” Newtown Square, PA.
Mahmood, Rezaul, Roger A. Pielke, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Dev Niyogi, Paul A. Dirmeyer, Clive Mcalpine, Andrew M. Carleton, et al. 2014. “Land Cover Changes and Their Biogeophysical Effects on Climate.” International Journal of Climatology 34 (4): 929–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3736.
Mangangka, Isri; Liu, An; Goonetilleke, Ashantha; Egodawatta, Prasanna. 2016. Enhancing the Storm Water Treatment Performance of Constructed Wetlands and Bioretention Basins.
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium. 2014. “USA NCLD Land Cover.” Esri. 2014. https://landscape10.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/USA_NLCD_Land_Cover/ImageServer.
———. 2016. “USA NCLD Impervious Surface Time Series.” Esri. 2016. https://landscape10.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/USA_NLCD_Impervious_Surface_TimeSeries/ImageServer.
National Resarch Council. 2012. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Washington, D.C.: National Acadmies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13165.
This is an excellent teacher resource for those unfamiliar with NGSS and hoping to learn more about the framework and how to implement best practices in their classrooms.
National Research Council. 2009. Urban Stormwater Management in the United States. Urban Stormwater Management in the United States. Washintgon, D.C.: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12465.
This is a broad-ranging resource that discusses many green infrastructure techniques and their functionality. It is a solid teacher resource for those hoping to read more about the topic and can easily be scaffolded for use a student resource.
Peccia, Jordan. 2020. “Stormwater Runoff Models.”
This modelling resource came out of a YNI seminar in July 2020.
Rago, John, Paul Ford, and Brooke Chase. 2018. “Mayor Purzycki Announces Reciept of a $2.9 Million Federal Grant to Support the Construction of the South Wilmington Wetlands Project.” WilmingtonDE.Gov, November 19, 2018. https://www.wilmingtonde.gov/Home/Components/News/News/4175/225.
This is an article that would be given to students researching stormwater practices in Delaware.
Sawe, Benjamin Elisha. 2017. “US States with the Lowest Average Elevations.” World Atlas. 2017. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/us-states-with-the-lowest-average-elevations.html.
Schmidt, Sophia. 2019. “As Sea Levels Rise, a Wilmington Neighborhood Deals First with Current Flooding.” DelawarePublic.Org. 2019. https://www.delawarepublic.org/post/sea-levels-rise-wilmington-neighborhood-deals-first-current-flooding.
Selbig, W.R. and Buer, Nicolas. 2018. “Hydraulic, Water-Quality, and Temperature Performace of Three Types of Permeable Pavement under High Sediment Loading Conditions.” USGS Scientific Investigations Report.
Shuster, W. D., J. Bonta, H. Thurston, E. Warnemuende, and D. R. Smith. 2005. “Impacts of Impervious Surface on Watershed Hydrology: A Review.” Urban Water Journal 2 (4): 263–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/15730620500386529.
Sitzenfrei, Robert, Manfred Kleidorfer, Peter M. Bach, and Taneha Kuzniecow Bacchin. 2020. “Green Infrastructures for Urban Water System: Balance between Cities and Nature.” Water (Switzerland) 12 (5): 10–13. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051456.
Turner, Ralph W. 2001. “Delaware’s Wetlands: Status and Recent Trends.” Hadley, MA.
US EPA. 1993. “Chapter 4 : Management Measures for Urban Areas D.” Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Source Pollution in Coastal Waters, no. January.
———. 2016. “Green Street Practices.” G3 Program. 2016. https://www.epa.gov/G3/green-street-practices.
This is a quick resource for both teachers and students looking to learn more about green infrastructure.
———. 2017. “Stormwater Management Practices at EPA Facilities.” Greening EPA. 2017. https://www.epa.gov/greeningepa/stormwater-management-practices-epa-facilities#Ten.
This website outlines the practices employed at EPA facilities to manage stormwater. It serves as both a teacher and student resource.
———. 2019a. “What Is Green Infrastructure.” Green Infrastructure. 2019. https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/what-green-infrastructure#raingardens.
This is an excellent introduction to the concept of green infrastructure and will serve both students and teachers.
———. 2019b. “Why You Should Consider Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Your Community.” G3 Program. 2019. https://www.epa.gov/G3/why-you-should-consider-green-stormwater-infrastructure-your-community.
This website details the myriad benefits of green infrastructure and will serve both students and teachers.
———. 2020. “Soak up the Rain: Green Roofs.” EPA.Gov. 2020. https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain/soak-rain-green-roofs#:~:text=Green roofs can significantly reduce,off an impervious roof surface.&text=Green roofs are being increasingly,of other stormwater management practices.
US Global Change Research Program. 2014. “Heavy Downpours Increasing.” 2014 National Climate Assessment. 2014. https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/our-changing-climate/heavy-downpours-increasing#graphic-16693.
Walsh, Christopher J., Tim D. Fletcher, and Matthew J. Burns. 2012. “Urban Stormwater Runoff: A New Class of Environmental Flow Problem.” PLoS ONE 7 (9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045814.
Weber, Anna. 2019. “What Is Urban Flooding.” NRDC.Org. 2019. https://www.nrdc.org/experts/anna-weber/what-urban-flooding.
This site is a good introduction to the concept of urban flooding and could be a good resource to show students in the early part of the unit.
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