Defining Passive Green Infrastructure: An Ecosystem Services Perspective to Make It Count
Publication: Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Volume 8, Issue 3
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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available in the body of this manuscript, or a repository online in accordance with funder data retention policies (USEPA ORD 2020).
Acknowledgments
At the time of initial drafting, D. L. Herrmann was supported in part by an appointment to the Postdoctoral Research Program at the US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through Interagency Agreement No. DW-8992433001 between the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency; and L. A. Schifman held a National Research Council Research Associateship appointment at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory within the Office of Research and Development of the US Environmental Protection Agency. M.A. Pavao-Zuckerman was supported by the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. We thank consulting soil scientist Steve Dadio for his soil taxonomic work on our urban soil assessments. Two anonymous reviewers provided valuable input on the development of this manuscript.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency funded the field research described herein. Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency; therefore, no official endorsement should be inferred.
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Volume 8 • Issue 3 • August 2022
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Received: Mar 1, 2021
Accepted: Nov 24, 2021
Published online: Mar 16, 2022
Published in print: Aug 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Aug 16, 2022
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