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Environmental Planning and Simulation Tools

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Land use planning and environmental modeling; Ecological planning and modeling; Environmental planning support systems

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a Two scenarios analyzed with CITYgreen [1]: on the left is a conventional housing development (Fairway Hills) with most trees removed and standard-size yards, driveways, access roads, and building footprints; on the right is a “clustered” development (Growing Greener design) with original trees maintained as a greenway (open space) maintained for community use with a minimum of impervious surfaces like building roofs, roads, and driveways b Graphic output from CITYgreen modeling of stormwater runoff (in inches, already corrected for area) as a function of various 24-hour storm events (1-year to 100-year probability events) for conventional (Fairway Hills) development vs. “clustered” (Growing Greener) environmental design [1]. In a one year event, 20,000 gallons of water are “conserved” with the environmental design while over 180,000...

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    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Bruns, D. (2008). Environmental Planning and Simulation Tools. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_356

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