The Iowa UrbanFEWS project is run by an interdisciplinary Sustainable Cities team with researchers from Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa, and University of Texas at Arlington.
Researchers within the UNREAL Lab work to quantify the effects of distributed urban stormwater BMPs at the residential neighborhood, and city-scales by monitoring stormwater runoff from select neighborhoods in Iowa as well as by modeling the hydrologic impacts of BMPs adoption. Additionally, results from social surveys of urban residential homeowners are being use to better understand the factors that affect small-scale BMP adoption on private land and to improve education and outreach efforts by conservation groups, restoration projects, and city officials.
