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As many private industrial, commercial and institutional sites have landscaping around their [[Bioretention: Parking lots| parking lots]], bioretention is an increasingly popular choice to manage stormwater in these contexts.
As many private industrial, commercial and institutional sites have landscaping around their [[Bioretention: Parking lots| parking lots]], bioretention is an increasingly popular choice to manage stormwater in these contexts.
===Streetscape===
===Streetscapes===
Bioretention is a popular choice for making urban green space work harder. Design configurations include extending the cells to accommodate shade trees, and using retrofit opportunities to create complete streets with traffic calming and curb extensions or 'bump outs'. See [[Bioretention: Streetscapes]]
Bioretention is a popular choice for making urban green space work harder. Design configurations include extending the cells to accommodate shade trees, and using retrofit opportunities to create complete streets with traffic calming and curb extensions or 'bump outs'. See [[Bioretention: Streetscapes]]
===Parkland and Natural Areas===
===Parkland and Natural Areas===
Naturalized landscaping and soft edges can make a bioretention facility 'disappear' into green space surroundings. In some scenarios, a larger bioretention (50 - 800 m<sup>2</sup>) cell may be used as an end-of-pipe facility treating both sheet flow and concentrated flow before it enters an adjacent water course. In these larger installations care must be made in the design to distribute the inflow, preventing erosion and maximizing infiltration.
Naturalized landscaping and soft edges can make a bioretention facility 'disappear' into green space surroundings. In some scenarios, a larger bioretention (50 - 800 m<sup>2</sup>) cell may be used as an end-of-pipe facility treating both sheet flow and concentrated flow before it enters an adjacent water course. In these larger installations care must be made in the design to distribute the inflow, preventing erosion and maximizing infiltration.