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Hindi Research Article, J Hydrogeol Hydrol Eng Vol: 4 Issue: 2
Urban Land-Cover, Urbanization Type and Implications for Storm Water Quality: Vila Real as a Case Study
| Cristina Matos1,3 Ricardo Bento2,3 and Isabel Bentes1,3 | |
| 1C - MADE - Centre of Materials and Building Technologies, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal | |
| 2CSIG / INESC TEC (formerly INESC Porto), Porto, Portugal | |
| 3ECT, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Apartado 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal | |
| Corresponding author : Cristina Matos 3 ECT, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Apartado 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal Tel: 00351259350356 E-mail: crismato@utad.pt |
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| Received: January 16, 2015 Accepted: April 22, 2015 Published: April 27, 2015 | |
| Citation: Matos C, Bento R, Bentes I (2015) Urban Land-Cover, Urbanization Type and Implications for Storm Water Quality: Vila Real as a Case Study. J Hydrogeol Hydrol Eng 4:2. doi:10.4172/2325-9647.1000122 |
Abstract
Urban Land-Cover, Urbanization Type and Implications for Storm Water Quality: Vila Real as a Case Study
Land use changes associated with urban expansion, such as vegetation removal, replacement of earlier pervious areas with impervious surfaces and drainage channel alterations, consistently result in changes to the characteristics of the surface runoff quality. These consequences are due to the introduction of pollutants of physical, chemical and biological origin resulting from various anthropogenic activities common to urban areas.In the present study the main aim was to characterize the stormwater in two urban areas with similar characteristics and try to find a stormwater quality standard for the type of urbanization. On the other hand, the authors evaluated if this type of urban areas, common in cities from the interior of Portugal, originate problematic stormwater in terms of quality.
