An Evaluation of Low Impact Development and Residential Basement Flood Risk in the Greater Toronto Area

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dc.contributor.advisorGharabaghi, Bahram
dc.contributor.advisorBinns, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorVrban, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-30T18:04:36Z
dc.date.available2019-08-30T18:04:36Z
dc.date.copyright2019-08
dc.date.created2019-08-19
dc.date.issued2019-08-30
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Applied Scienceen_US
dc.degree.programmeEngineeringen_US
dc.description.abstractLow impact development (LID) is a modern engineering design strategy that functions to mitigate the negative impacts of increased stormwater runoff and pollution by managing stormwater quality and quantity. It was hypothesized that the incorporation of LID may exacerbate hydrologic conditions and contribute to residential basement flood risk. The hydrologic model PCSWMM was used to assess the influence of LID on net infiltration depth and groundwater elevations using continuous simulation for a one-year period for three case-study sites located in the Greater Toronto Area. The inclusion of LID did influence site hydrologic parameters, though these results are inconclusive. However, it can be inferred that the increased risk of basement flooding due to exacerbation of hydrologic parameters would depend on the extensiveness of LID implementation. A novel methodology for the assessment of LID influence on residential basement flood risk was established using hydrologic modeling and probabilistic assessment techniques.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCanada Research Chair program
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - Discovery program
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada/ICLR Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Collaborative Research and Development program
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10214/17258
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectLow Impact Developmenten_US
dc.subjectBasement Floodingen_US
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectHydrologyen_US
dc.subjectPCSWMMen_US
dc.subjectStormwater Managementen_US
dc.titleAn Evaluation of Low Impact Development and Residential Basement Flood Risk in the Greater Toronto Areaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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