A Sustainable Approach to Stormwater Management
SW 12th Avenue Green Street Project, Portland, Oregonby Kevin Robert Perry; ASLA Award 2006
NE Siskiyou Green Street, Portland, Oregon by Kevin Robert Perry; ASLA Award 2007
Mt. Tabor Middle School Rain Garden, Portland, Oregonby Kevin Robert Perry; ASLA Award 2007
Stormwater Innovative Design: The role of the Landscape Architect there are some more good links on this page.
Portland Bureau of Environmental Services; Portland Green Streets Program
more to come
Wow, these are definitely some great ideas. Hopefully successful implementation of such tactics in Oregon will inspire the rest of the country to take similar measures. In related news, the state of Florida is considering forming a task force to decide whether landscape architects or engineers are best suited to develop stormwater management systems. If it passes, perhaps the contractors would take into account the environment, resulting in such “green” designs being implemented here as well.
Check out http://ordinancewatch.wordpress.com for more info!