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Effects ofUrbanization on First-Order Streams in WIlliamsburg, Virginia

Gibson, Diana G.
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Williamsburg, like much of the United States, is experiencing increasing urbanization and development--converting woodlands and fields into parking lots, shopping malls, and housing developments. Even so-called “smart growth” development plans increase the percentage of impervious surface area in a given watershed. One such site, the Casey Property, or as it is coming to be known in Williamsburg, New Town, is the main focus of this study. This thesis seeks to determine how increased development in Williamsburg has affected flow patterns in area first-order streams, and especially in the Casey Property watershed. Four years of hydrologic data have been compiled to determine specific hydrologic changes as a consequence of the carrying stages of the New Town development.
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2004-01-01
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Hancock, Gregory S.
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