Abstract
According to many authors, hydrological modelling is one of the fundamental techniques for determining the impacts of various environmental changes on the quantitative characteristics of the aquatic environment. This study examines the effects of landscape changes induced by the need to respond to climate change and the natural urban development of the rural setting on the discharge from the small catchment. The SWAT model was applied to a small catchment of Kopaninsky Stream in the traditional agricultural part of the Czech Republic. According to the results, the most effective approach for reducing the consequences of hydrological extremes in the catchment and retaining more water in the landscape is the properly spaced placement of grassland and forest enclaves in the developing urban structure. In practice, each land use category's overall percentage of representation is less significant than its relative arrangement.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 268-278 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 Jana Moravcova et al., published by Sciendo.
Keywords
- Discharge
- Environmental change
- Land use change
- SWAT
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Water Science and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes