October 2010 Article: Analyses of Urban Drainage Network Structure and its Impact on Hydrologic Response, by Katherine L. Meierdiercks, James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, Andrew J. Miller
Urban flood studies have linked the severity of flooding to the percent imperviousness or land use classifications of a watershed, but relatively little attention has been given to the impact of urban drainage networks — including storm pipes, surface channels, street gutters, and stormwater management ponds — on hydrologic response. The authors demonstrate that drainage networks, like natural river networks, exhibit characteristic structures and that these features play critical roles in determining urban hydrologic response.
[Please note: I have quoted and paraphrased freely from the article, but the interpretation is my own!]
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