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Impervious surface

Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures—such as pavements (roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots, as well as industrial areas such as airports, ports and logistics and distribution centres, all of which use considerable paved areas) that are covered by water-resistant materials such as asphalt, concrete, brick, stone—and rooftops.…

Art, Environmental effects & Mitigation of environmental impacts

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Environmental effects

Mitigation of environmental impacts

Percentage imperviousness

Total impervious area

Natural impervious area

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Impervious surface

Nodes88
Edges87
Triples54
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022727
Components1

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Impervious surface

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related to Total impervious area · 16
Impervious surface → For, Geographic, GIS, GIS-ready, IC, If, Nation, National Land Cover Data, NLCD, Set, The, The Data-quality, The NLCD, There, TIA, Within
related to Percentage imperviousness · 11
Impervious surface → An, Butler, Davies, Flood Estimation Handbook, For, Homer, It, PIMP, The, This, United States
has impact · 9
Impervious surface → Alternatively, Catalina, Impervious, Long Beach, Port, Rainwater, See, The, West
has effect · 5
Impervious surface → An, Impervious, Seattle Times, The, This

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impervious areas tia percent area may surfaces urban development infiltration natural land developed data used use also water cover runoff

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
airportsinstance ofas well as industrial areas0.80text
portsinstance ofas well as industrial areas0.80text
logisticsinstance ofas well as industrial areas0.80text
distribution centresinstance ofas well as industrial areas0.80text
all of which use considerable paved areasinstance ofas well as industrial areas0.80text
cigarette buttsinstance ofand waste0.80text
6-pack holdersinstance ofand waste0.80text
plastic bags carried by surges of stormwaterinstance ofand waste0.80text
CEMEXinstance ofa number of concrete manufacturers0.80text
Quikrete have begun producing permeable materials which partly mitigate the environmental impact of conventional impervious concreteinstance ofa number of concrete manufacturers0.80text
roadsinstance ofIt is calculated by measuring the percentage of a catchment area which is made up of impervious surfaces0.80text
roofsinstance ofIt is calculated by measuring the percentage of a catchment area which is made up of impervious surfaces0.80text

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