Grid-quantification study on the effect of rapid urbanization on
hydrological processes
Abstract
Hydrological processes such as evaporation, infiltration, and runoff are
affected not only by natural climate change but also by land cover and
soil conditions. The impact of urbanization on the key elements of the
hydrological process is worth studying in context of rapid urbanization.
This paper combines the soil-land use index grid and the GSSHA model to
quantitatively study the impact of land use on urban hydrological
processes under the background of the changing urbanization stage. The
results show that with the increase in land development and utilization
activities, the hydrological process will transform. When grassland and
woodland are converted to construction land, the changes in runoff,
infiltration, and evaporation are the largest. The runoff depth
increased by 0.94×10-1~2.42×10-1mm/km², infiltration
depth decreased by 0.80×10-1~ 2.18×10-1mm/km²,
evaporation decreased by 0.14×10-1~ 0.28×10-1mm/km². In
the transition from forest land to grassland, from cultivated land to
forest land, and from cultivated land to grassland, the increase of
infiltration contributed over 80% to the decrease of runoff process.
This provides a scientific basis for future urban planning and sponge
city construction.