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Managing stormwater for urban sustainability: an evaluation of local comprehensive plans in the Chesapeake Bay watershed region

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  • Hyun Woo Kim
  • Ming-Han Li

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This study uses a developed plan coding protocol in evaluating the quality of 76 comprehensive plans to examine whether local comprehensive plans have adequately integrated the concepts of sustainable stormwater management. The Chesapeake Bay watershed was chosen for the investigation because degraded stormwater runoff from nearby urban and suburban jurisdictions have critically polluted the watershed. The findings indicate that the majority of local governments have not sufficiently incorporated the sustainable stormwater management principles into their comprehensive plans. Five plan components (factual basis, goals and objectives, inter-organizational cooperation, policies, tools and strategies, and implementation) appear weak in realizing the concepts. The current study concludes by providing policy implications and recommendations to increase awareness and understanding of sustainable stormwater management concepts and to produce better implementation plans that integrate stormwater, ecosystem, and environmental planning comprehensively.

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  • Hyun Woo Kim & Ming-Han Li, 2017. "Managing stormwater for urban sustainability: an evaluation of local comprehensive plans in the Chesapeake Bay watershed region," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(10), pages 1702-1725, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:60:y:2017:i:10:p:1702-1725
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1251399
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    1. Krystyna Solarek & Marta Kubasińska, 2022. "Local Spatial Plans in Supporting Sustainable Water Resources Management: Case Study from Warsaw Agglomeration—Kampinos National Park Vicinity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-27, May.
    2. Hyun Woo Kim & Dakota Aaron McCarty & Jaekyung Lee, 2020. "Enhancing Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Smart Technologies: An Assessment of Local Urban Regeneration Strategic Plans in Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-23, August.
    3. Hyun Woo Kim & Tho Tran, 2018. "An Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans Toward Sustainable Green Infrastructure in US," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-21, November.
    4. Christine Quattro & Thomas Daniels, 2022. "The Constellation of Plans: Toward a New Structure of Comprehensive Plans in US Cities," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-16, October.
    5. Nicole H. O’Donnell & Jeanine P. D. Guidry, 2022. "Beyond Personal Responsibility: Analyzing How Attributing Responsibility for Environmental Protection Can Hinder Action," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-15, October.

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