pervious surface

Japanese translation: 透水面

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English term or phrase:pervious surface
Japanese translation:透水面
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02:13 Aug 14, 2008
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English term or phrase: pervious surface
Definition from Livable Communities Coalition:
A pervious surface is one that allows water to filter into the ground, which enables natural groundwater to recharge, helps with filtration of pollutants, and reduces erosion and flooding. The use of pervious asphalt and concrete for parking lots, roads and sidewalks is an important part stormwater management that conserves precious natural resources.

Example sentence(s):
  • In cold climates (like Minnesota) snow fall on an existing pervious parking area usually disappears on its own before snow on the adjacent, darker colored, impervious suface. Manual snow removal from this pervious surface has seldom been necessary. In the LEED
  • When rains fall on these pervious surface, it washes the accumulated road oil, grease, and rubber dust into storm drains, and from there directly into streams and rivers, untreated. Greatstreets
  • Clogging of any pervious surface can be a concern. It is highly unlikely a majority of any pervious surface will become 100% clogged. Water will always seek the next point of infiltration. Smokey Point Concrete
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透水面
Definition:
pervious : 水を通す
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透水面


Definition from own experience or research:
pervious : 水を通す

Example sentence(s):
  • 歩道に透水性舗装を導入したケース<S5.東西道路・透水性>では、現状に対して13時のHIPで7.9℃、20時で2.7℃の低下が見られ、対策としては<S7.東西道路・低木緑化>よりも効果が高いことが示されている。ただし、これは透水面が湿潤状態を保っている場合の結果であり、実際に対策を行う場合には、いかに湿潤状態を維持するかが 問題となる。 - 環境省  

Explanation:
透水性舗装はpermeable paving, pervious paving or porous pavementと呼ばれています。
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