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Lauren McPhillips

Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Verified email at psu.edu
Cited by 2157

Temporal evolution of green stormwater infrastructure strategies in three US cities

LE McPhillips, AM Matsler - Frontiers in built environment, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the last several decades, interest in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has rapidly
increased, particularly given its potential to provide stormwater management in conjunction …

Hydrogeomorphology of the hyporheic zone: Stream solute and fine particle interactions with a dynamic streambed

…, RL Martin, LE McPhillips… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hyporheic flow in streams has typically been studied separately from geomorphic processes.
We investigated interactions between bed mobility and dynamic hyporheic storage of …

Pluvial flood risk and opportunities for resilience

BR Rosenzweig, L McPhillips, H Chang… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The risk presented by pluvial flooding has emerged as a critical issue in urban water
management. Pluvial flooding occurs when precipitation intensity exceeds the capacity of natural …

A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services

…, C Kennedy, SA Markolf, AM Matsler, LE McPhillips… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged
to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate change impacts and …

Best management practices for diffuse nutrient pollution: Wicked problems across urban and agricultural watersheds

A Lintern, L McPhillips, B Winfrey… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Extensive time and financial resources have been dedicated to address nonpoint sources of
nitrogen and phosphorus in watersheds. Despite these efforts, many watersheds have not …

Defining extreme events: A cross‐disciplinary review

LE McPhillips, H Chang, MV Chester, Y Depietri… - Earth's …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme events are of interest worldwide given their potential for substantial impacts on social,
ecological, and technical systems. Many climate‐related extreme events are increasing in …

Developing knowledge systems for urban resilience to cloudburst rain events

B Rosenzweig, BL Ruddell, L McPhillips… - … Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Cities are particularly vulnerable to cloudbursts - short-duration, intense rainfall events –
which are often inadequately addressed through conventional stormwater and flood …

Hydrologic conditions drive denitrification and greenhouse gas emissions in stormwater detention basins

L McPhillips, MT Walter - Ecological Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Stormwater detention basins are primarily designed to detain large volumes of storm runoff
and trap suspended sediments and associated pollutants. Detaining and retaining nutrients …

Thresholds of flow‐induced bed disturbances and their effects on stream metabolism in an agricultural river

…, JW Harvey, LE McPhillips - Water Resources …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Storm‐driven flow pulses in rivers destroy and restructure sediment habitats that affect stream
metabolism. This study examined thresholds of bed disturbances that affected patch‐ and …

Spatial analysis of landscape and sociodemographic factors associated with green stormwater infrastructure distribution in Baltimore, Maryland and Portland, Oregon

A Baker, E Brenneman, H Chang, L McPhillips… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study explores the spatial distribution of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) relative to
sociodemographic and landscape characteristics in Portland, OR, and Baltimore, MD, USA …