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Landscape Characterization / Impervious Surfaces
Impervious Surfaces
The "Impervious Surfaces" section of the Chesapeake Bay
From Space web site provides a "mini-curriculum" on land covers that repel
water, restrict groundwater recharge, generate large volumes of storm
water, and degrade water quality. Topics include: impervious surfaces
as comprehensive environmental indicators of watershed health, watershed
fundamentals, the types of impervious surfaces threatening watershed health,
the environmental effects of increasing watershed imperviousness, and
how-to-use impervious surface data for making informed land use decisions
to preserve and protect the Chesapeake Bay and its associated land resources.
Numerous links to other helpful web sites are found throughout "Impervious
Surfaces." Also available is a paper, in PDF format, written specifically
for this project entitled Impervious Surfaces and the Quality of Natural
and Built Environments. It provides a more detailed overview of the environmental
effects of impervious surfaces and includes a substantial bibliography.
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