Major Goals and Objectives

• Develop geologic soils-based site and surface design research to alleviate flooding in flood-prone urban areas

Accomplishments / Benefits

Story: Weathering the storms: How one team of Illinois researchers is addressing urban flooding

Story: Illinois students help with green infrastructure research and win ASLA award

Publication: Rain Garden Performance as a Function of Native Soil Parameters

Publication: Retrofitting urban land through integrative, subsoils-based planning of green stormwater infrastructure: a research framework

Publication: Predicting rain garden performance under back-to-back rainfall conditions using stochastic life-cycle analysis