Impact of urbanization on rainfall-runoff processes:  case study in the Liangshui River Basin in Beijing, China

Xu, Zongxue; Zhao, Gang

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Impact of urbanization on rainfall-runoff processes: case study in the Liangshui River Basin in Beijing, China

Zongxue Xu and Gang Zhao

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Short summary

China is undergoing rapid urbanization during the past decades. For example, the proportion of urban population in Beijing has increased from 57.6 % in 1980 to 86.3 % in 2013. Rapid urbanization has an adverse impact on the urban rainfall-runoff processes, which may result in the increase of urban flooding risk. In this study, the major purpose is to investigate the impact of land use/cover changes on hydrological processes and the flooding risk in Beijing.