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<p>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.</p>
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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.

Influence of land use enclave distribution on discharge in a small catchment

University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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According to many authors, hydrological modelling is one of the fundamental techniques for determining the impacts of various environmental changes on the...

Influence of land use enclave distribution on discharge in a small catchment

Published Online: May 09, 2024

Page range: 268 - 278

Received: May 26, 2023

Accepted: Mar 12, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2024-0006

Keywords
SWAT, Discharge, Land use change, Environmental change

© 2024 Jana Moravcova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Influence of land use enclave distribution on discharge in a small catchment

Published Online: May 09, 2024

Page range: 268 - 278

Received: May 26, 2023

Accepted: Mar 12, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2024-0006

KeywordsSWAT, Discharge, Land use change, Environmental change

© 2024 Jana Moravcova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
SWAT, Discharge, Land use change, Environmental change