Low-impact development (LID) is a term used in Canada and the United States to describe a land planning and engineering design approach to manage stormwater runoff as part of green infrastructure. LID emphasizes conservation and use of on-site natural features to protect water quality. This approach implements engineered small-scale hydrologic controls to replicate the pre-development hydrologic regime of watersheds through infiltrating, filtering, storing, evaporating, and detaining runoff close to its source. Green infrastructure investments are one approach that often yields multiple benefits and builds city resilience.Broadly equivalent terms used elsewhere include Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in the United Kingdom (where LID has a different meaning), water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) in Australia, natural drainage systems in Seattle, Washington, "Environmental Site Design" as used by the Maryland Department of the Environment, and "Onsite Stormwater Management", as used by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Low impact development technology Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Singapore relies on low impact development technology to limit its water use and the impact of stormwater.
Low impact development practices: Designing to infiltrate in urban environments. Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-Based Approach for Sustainable...
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HR Green utilizes low-impact design in land and water planning. See how this urban runoff process can be accomplished in any development.
However LID aims for higher standards and a more comprehensive approach that considers all aspects of sustainability. The basics framework of Low Impact Development includes
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29 The term is also used in a distinctive context of noncompliance ideologically motivated, such as Low Impact Development 30 or the historic Plotlands in the UK.
Low-impact developments have increased the capacity of Thunder Bays stormwater management program and made the city more resistant to the negative impacts of climate change.
Low Impact Development (LID) is an engineering and land planning approach that mimicks nature to both slow stormwater runoff and clean stormwater before it e...
