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Effects on floods of recent afforestation and urbanisation in the Mella River (Italian Alps) |
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R. Ranzi, M. Bochicchio, B. Bacchi |
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Englisch
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1027-5606
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In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 6, no. 2 ; Nr. 6, no. 2, S.239-254 |
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250003457
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/hess-6-239-2002.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| River floods are
influenced by factors such as the duration, intensity and spacial distribution
of precipitation and the land-use as well as the morphological characteristics
of the river basin. While the characteristics of the precipitation are tied to
the climatology of the region and can change only over the long term,
anthropogenic land use changes exhibit a more pronounced dynamic. However, the
consequences of such changes on the increment in flood volumes and their
frequency must be estimated objectively. To quantify the effects of the
urbanisation on the flood volumes and peaks in the Mella river basin, 311 km2
in size, changes in land use in the past 50 years have been compared using two
land use maps; the first was based on aerial photographs taken in 1954 and the
second on photointerpretation and surveys in 1994. The comparison showed an
increase in the forested areas in the upper part of the basin as the use of wood
for fuel had declined and an increase in urban development in the valley bottom.
Correspondingly, cultivated areas decreased in size. The consequence of these
changes is that surface runoff, simulated with a distributed hydrological model,
changes insignificantly at the catchment scale, but with slightly reduced flood
peaks and volumes in today’s conditions.
Keywords: floods, land use changes, afforestation, urbanisation |
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