Land use change impacts on floods at the catchment scale: Challenges and opportunities for future research

authored by

M. Rogger, M. Agnoletti, A. Alaoui, J. C. Bathurst, G. Bodner, M. Borga, V. Chaplot, F. Gallart, G. Glatzel, J. Hall, J. Holden, L. Holko, R. Horn, A. Kiss, S. Kohnová, G. Leitinger, B. Lennartz, J. Parajka, R. Perdigão, S. Peth, L. Plavcová, J. N. Quinton, M. Robinson, J. L. Salinas, A. Santoro, J. Szolgay, S. Tron, J. J.H. van den Akker, A. Viglione, G. Blöschl

Abstract

Research gaps in understanding flood changes at the catchment scale caused by changes in forest management, agricultural practices, artificial drainage, and terracing are identified. Potential strategies in addressing these gaps are proposed, such as complex systems approaches to link processes across time scales, long-term experiments on physical-chemical-biological process interactions, and a focus on connectivity and patterns across spatial scales. It is suggested that these strategies will stimulate new research that coherently addresses the issues across hydrology, soil and agricultural sciences, forest engineering, forest ecology, and geomorphology.

External Organisation(s)

TU Wien (TUW)
University of Florence (UniFi)
University of Bern
Newcastle University
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU)
University of Padova
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
University of Leeds
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Kiel University
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
University of Innsbruck
University of Rostock
University of Kassel
University of Hradec Kralove
University of Vienna
Wageningen University and Research
Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat (LOCEAN)
Lancaster University
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Type

Comment/debate

Journal

Water resources research

Volume

53

Pages

5209-5219

No. of pages

11

ISSN

0043-1397

Publication date

02.07.2017

Publication status

E-pub ahead of print

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Water Science and Technology

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 2 - Zero Hunger, SDG 15 - Life on Land

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020723 (Access: Open)