Impact assessment of climatic and land-use changes on flood runoff in southeast Queensland

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
File version

Accepted Manuscript (AM)

Author(s)
Chen, Yi-Ru
Yu, Bofu
Griffith University Author(s)
Primary Supervisor
Other Supervisors
Editor(s)
Date
2015
Size
File type(s)
Location
License
Abstract

Over the past century, land-use has changed in southeast Queensland, and when coupled with climatic change, the risk of flooding has increased. This research aims to examine impacts of climate and land-use changes on flood runoff in southeast Queensland, Australia. A rainfall–runoff model, RORB, was calibrated and validated using observed flood hydrographs for one rural and one urbanized catchment, for 1961–1990. The validated model was then used to generate flood hydrographs using projected rainfall based on two climate models: the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Model 2.1 (GFDL CM2.1) and the Conformal-Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM), for 2016–2045. Projected daily rainfall for the two contrasting periods was used to derive adjustment factors for a given frequency of occurrence. Two land-use change scenarios were used to evaluate likely impacts. Based on the projected rainfall, the results showed that, in both catchments, future flood magnitudes are unlikely to increase for large flood events. Extreme land-use change would significantly impact flooding in the rural catchment, but not the urbanized catchment.

Journal Title

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Conference Title
Book Title
Edition
Volume

60

Issue

10

Thesis Type
Degree Program
School
Publisher link
Patent number
Funder(s)
Grant identifier(s)
Rights Statement
Rights Statement

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Hydrological Sciences Journal on 20 Aug 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2014.945938

Item Access Status
Note
Access the data
Related item(s)
Subject

Physical geography and environmental geoscience

Environmental management not elsewhere classified

Civil engineering

Environmental engineering

Persistent link to this record
Citation
Collections