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| Author(s): | Tsirogiannis, I. L. |
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| Author Affiliation: | TEI of Epirus, Dept. of Floriculture & Landscape Architecture, Arta, Greece |
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| Title: | Optimizing water use efficiency in urban landscapes using GIS |
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| Section: | Session 2: Urban landscape horticulture: Poster presentations
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| Meeting Info.: | Bologna, Italy: June 9-13, 2009 |
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| Source: | 2nd International Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture: Book of Abstracts. 2009, p. 71. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bologna, Italy: Department of Agroenvironmental Science and Technology (DiSTA), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bologna |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Evaluations; GIS; Irrigation system design; Urban landscaping; Water distribution; Water use efficiency
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Improved design and management of irrigation systems can lead to significant higher efficiency in water usage and/or better distribution of the water sources in order to have more sufficiency irrigated - hence vigorous - plants. Urban landscapes are usually complicated regarding the plethora of plant species and their spatial distribution which makes the design and management of relevant irrigation systems a hard work to do. In the framework of the proposed design approach, in GIS environment, the landscapes are first divided in hydrozones based on different area parameters (geometry, usage), soil characteristics (type, slope) and landscape evapotranspiration rates (microclimate, plant density and species). For the calculation of the reference evapotranspiration the well established method of Penman-Monteith is used while the water needs of every zone are estimated using the WUCOLS approach. In this stage, alterations to plants selection can be proposed aiming to more uniform zones regarding water needs. The hydrozones are then combined with the usage of each area in order to select the proper irrigation system (type, layout and precipitation rate). Finally, detailed seasonal watering schedules are formed for each zone based on water needs, plants, soil and irrigation system characteristics. The use of GIS facilitates the design process and gives a strong visual dimension to it. The first outcomes (application for the improvement of the irrigation system of a 10 acres university campus and a 0.5 acres public garden) resulted considerable water savings." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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Tsirogiannis, I. L. 2009. Optimizing water use efficiency in urban landscapes using GIS. p. 71. In 2nd International Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture: Book of Abstracts. Bologna, Italy: June 9-13, 2009. Bologna, Italy: Department of Agroenvironmental Science and Technology (DiSTA), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bologna. |
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