ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; Utilization of Parking Lots in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA, and Impacts on Local Streams

摘要

Uilization of parking lots aound Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA, was examined to suggest mechanisms for reducing runoff into local streams. Stream health was assessed by a census of fish communities. We found that most parking lots were used wel below capacity, even in the peak shopping period before the Christmas holiday. Levels of utilization were primarily determined by shopping center age and parking availability relative to the size of businesses served. Streams receiving runoff had high undercut banks and heavy sediemnt loads.