Definition: Urban run-off

Category: System of Environmental-Economic Accounting

Portion of precipitation on urban areas that does not naturally evaporate or percolate into the ground, but flows via overland flow, underflow, or channels, or is piped into a defined surface-water channel or a constructed infiltration facility. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-01-14-120&mode=view
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United Nations; European Union; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); International Monetary Fund (IMF); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); The World Bank, "System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 - Central Framework", New York, 2014
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