Journal article
Development of a web application for Low Impact Development Rapid Assessment (LIDRA)
Journal of hydroinformatics, v 15(4), pp 1276-1295
01 Oct 2013
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Abstract
This paper describes the development of a database and a website to support the newest version of Low Impact Development Rapid Assessment (LIDRA) model, LIDRA 2.0, a planning level model for assessing the cost-effectiveness of low impact development (LID) and addressing runoff-related problems in urban watersheds. LIDRA 2.0 is a web-based application that generates stochastic precipitation data from local historical data sets using a Markov Chain and bootstrapping method. Precipitation is applied to urban watersheds with parcel and street areas. LID scenarios and associated adoption and repaving rates are then used to perform multiple 30 year simulations, during which the difference in runoff is calculated using a water balance. The application needs to store parcel and street specifications and also offer a management interface, both of which must be accessible through the internet. The results of this are: an efficient tool to support LIDRA in terms of storage, retrieval and analysis of data and an integrated web application which allows users an easier way to input data and greatly reduce the time it takes to manage simulation modules via use of the graphical result interfaces that show the results produced. The technical underpinnings of this tool are highlighted using a small example.
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- Title
- Development of a web application for Low Impact Development Rapid Assessment (LIDRA)
- Creators
- Miguel Aguayo - Boise State UniversityZiwen Yu - Drexel UniversityMichael Piasecki - City College of New YorkFranco Montalto - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of hydroinformatics, v 15(4), pp 1276-1295
- Publisher
- Iwa Publishing
- Number of pages
- 20
- Grant note
- US Forest Service; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); United States Forest Service
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000326902800016
- Other Identifier
- 991019168067304721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
- Engineering, Civil
- Environmental Sciences
- Water Resources