PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Byahut, Sweta
AU  - Rogers, Stephanie
AU  - Nisbett, Joseph
AU  - Anjikar, Ishan S.
AU  - LeBleu, Charlene M.
TI  - Landscape Patterns and Their Effect on Stormwater Runoff in the Alabama and Mississippi Coastal Region
AID  - 10.3368/lj.45.1.19
DP  - 2026 Jun 01
TA  - Landscape Journal
PG  - 19--39
VI  - 45
IP  - 1
4099  - http://lj.uwpress.org/content/45/1/19.short
4100  - http://lj.uwpress.org/content/45/1/19.full
AB  - This study demonstrates that green infrastructure (GI) landscape patterns provide stormwater runoff benefits in the Alabama and Mississippi coastal region; the study also provides insights for creating more resilient coastal communities using GI strategies and illuminates the role of GI and land development patterns in regulating floodplains within a regional setting. Landscape patterns across wetlands, vegetation, barren lands, and developed areas are analyzed to identify the types of landscapes that should be protected to mediate the impacts of local flooding. The methodology involved the application of Fragstats, ArcGIS, and the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), followed by an analysis of correlations between variations in the runoff and landscape and development patterns using ordinary least square (OLS) regression. The results demonstrate that larger proportion and size, as well as more connected vegetation and wetlands at the regional scale, reduce peak runoff, thus confirming that effective GI conservation planning should focus on wetlands and wooded vegetation. Further, the study found that more connected developed lands are associated with reduced runoff, strengthening the case for compact development in regional land use planning from a flood mitigation perspective.