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Autonomous Vehicles: changing the surface landscape of communities through increased green infrastructure adoption and implementation to help US cities combat stormwater runoff

Schmidt, Kelsey L
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5863-3148
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522341355106885

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2018, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Community Planning.
Today many communities are trying to find different solutions for mitigating the negative impacts of growth, impervious surfaces, and stormwater runoff on the environment. Sustainable stormwater management is a challenge for cities but there is also opportunity. The purpose of this research was to explore an environmentally positive scenario to how Autonomous Vehicles will impact communities. The research attempted to gain insight about Autonomous Vehicles and their impact on the built environment, trees, and stormwater. For this report three methods of research were used: background experience, four case studies, and a site selected scenario case study. With the idea that Autonomous Vehicle adoption is going to occur in the next 10-30 years this is going to change not only the way we travel but also create changes to the built environment. Autonomous Vehicles can have positive implications to communities by allowing new ways to incorporate trees as green infrastructure and to reduce impervious surface leading to stormwater problems. Autonomous Vehicle technology has the potential to create available spaces in our communities. The built environment changes would most affect street design width and surface parking lots. The study revealed new areas of analysis to be researched in terms of stormwater and Autonomous Vehicles. Green infrastructure implementation, particularly tree planting, can be used to mitigate stormwater runoff in cities due to changes to the built environment resulting from the adoption of Autonomous Vehicles.
David Edelman, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Leah Hollstein, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Travis Miller, MCP (Committee Member)
124 p.
Urban Planning
Impervious Surface; Stormwater; Autonomous Vehicles; Green Infrastructure; Community Planning; Built Environment

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  • Schmidt, K. L. (2018). Autonomous Vehicles: changing the surface landscape of communities through increased green infrastructure adoption and implementation to help US cities combat stormwater runoff [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522341355106885

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schmidt, Kelsey. Autonomous Vehicles: changing the surface landscape of communities through increased green infrastructure adoption and implementation to help US cities combat stormwater runoff. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522341355106885.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schmidt, Kelsey. "Autonomous Vehicles: changing the surface landscape of communities through increased green infrastructure adoption and implementation to help US cities combat stormwater runoff." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522341355106885

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