Operationalizing Scale in Watershed-based Stormwater Management

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dc.contributor.authorAdams, Erica Elaineen
dc.contributor.committeechairKolivras, Korine N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPrisley, Stephen P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSforza, Peter M.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeographyen
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-22T14:56:36Zen
dc.date.adate2011-06-07en
dc.date.available2016-09-22T14:56:36Zen
dc.date.issued2011-04-29en
dc.date.rdate2015-07-08en
dc.date.sdate2011-05-12en
dc.description.abstractWatershed-based stormwater management (WSM) has been proposed as more effective for stormwater management than traditional methods of controlling stormwater, which are carried out based on jurisdictional lines at the parcel-scale. Because WSM considers the watershed as a total unit, this method is considered to be more effective in reducing problems associated with stormwater management including environmental degradation and flooding. However, larger watersheds encompass smaller watersheds, and therefore WSM can be implemented at a wide range of scales. There has been little research on what scale is most appropriate, and more specifically, only a modest amount of work has taken stakeholder opinion into account. The specific objectives of this study are to determine: 1) if watershed scale is an important factor in WSM, 2) whether stakeholder opinion has an effect on the appropriate scale used in WSM, and 3) what scale is most appropriate for WSM, if scale is an important factor. To meet these objectives, we delineated sub-watersheds within a watershed in southwestern Virginia, surveyed stakeholders within the watershed on their opinions of stormwater management methods, and compared the results at both watershed scales using statistical tests and decisions support software. The results of this study have important implications for geographic scale in WSM as well as the use of qualitative data in determining appropriate geographic scale in matters of implementation in the field of planning.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05122011-113855en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05122011-113855/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72982en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectScaleen
dc.subjectStakeholderen
dc.subjectWatershed-based Stormwater Managementen
dc.titleOperationalizing Scale in Watershed-based Stormwater Managementen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineGeographyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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