Analysis of urbanization impact on changes in river discharge – a case study of the Biała river catchment

Jarosław Chormański

doi:10.2478/sgm021202

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Analysis of urbanization impact on changes in river discharge – a case study of the Biała river catchment

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

Volume 34 (2012): Issue 2 (June 2012)

By: Jarosław Chormański

Open Access

|Nov 2012

Abstract

The article presents a simulation of urbanization impact on runoff changes in an urbanized catchment. Application of a distributed hydrological WetSpa model enabled comprehensive use of Landsat satellite images as a source of data about contemporary and historical land cover in the catchment. The analyses conducted for the Biała river catchment, with over 60% of the area being urbanized, revealed a significant influence of changes in the size of urbanized area on runoff hydrograph.

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