Simulation and assessment of urbanization impacts on runoff metrics: insights from landuse changes

Yongyong Zhang; Jun Xia; Jingjie Yu; Mark Randall; Yichi Zhang; Tongtiegang Zhao; Xingyao Pan; Xiaoyan Zhai; Quanxi Shao

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.03.031

Simulation and assessment of urbanization impacts on runoff metrics: insights from landuse changes

Yongyong Zhang^*, Jun Xia, Jingjie Yu, Mark Randall, Yichi Zhang, Tongtiegang Zhao, Xingyao Pan, Xiaoyan Zhai, Quanxi Shao

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Abstract

Urbanization-induced landuse changes alter runoff regimes in complex ways. In this study, a detailed investigation of the urbanization impacts on runoff regimes is provided by using multiple runoff metrics and with consideration of landuse dynamics. A catchment hydrological model is modified by coupling a simplified flow routing module of the urban drainage system and landuse dynamics to improve long-term urban runoff simulations. Moreover, multivariate statistical approach is adopted to mine the spatial variations of runoff metrics so as to further identify critical impact factors of landuse changes. The Qing River catchment as a peri-urban catchment in the Beijing metropolitan area is selected as our study region. Results show that: (1) the dryland agriculture is decreased from 13.9% to 1.5% of the total catchment area in the years 2000–2015, while the percentages of impervious surface, forest and grass are increased from 63.5% to 72.4%, 13.5% to 16.6% and 5.1% to 6.5%, respectively. The most dramatic landuse changes occur in the middle and downstream regions; (2) The combined landuse changes do not alter the average flow metrics obviously at the catchment outlet, but slightly increase the high flow metrics, particularly the extreme high flows; (3) The impacts on runoff metrics in the sub-catchments are more obvious than those at the catchment outlet. For the average flow metrics, the most impacted metric is the runoff depth in the dry season (October ∼ May) with a relative change from −10.9% to 11.6%, and the critical impact factors are the impervious surface and grass. For the high flow metrics, the extreme high flow depth is increased most significantly with a relative change from −0.6% to 10.5%, and the critical impact factors are the impervious surface and dryland agriculture; (4) The runoff depth metrics in the sub-catchments are increased because of the landuse changes from dryland agriculture to impervious surface, but are decreased because of the landuse changes from dryland agriculture or impervious surface to grass or forest. The results of this study provide useful information for urban planning such as Sponge City design.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Hydrology
Volume	560
Pages (from-to)	247-258
Number of pages	12
ISSN	0022-1694
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.03.031
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Beijing City
Catchment hydrological model
Multivariate statistical approach
Runoff metrics
Urbanization

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