Floodplain Management into the 21st Century Read the Executive summary Floods Flooding, particularly related to urbanization is becoming more of a problem.
Small creeks can cause major problems with the large increase in paved surfaces.
So what affects flooding. It is a natural process, but have we exacerbated the problem. However it is still difficult to use as a measure for Q because drainage density is not sensitive to changes in the hydrologic response of the basin during an individual storm, i.e., effective drainage density changes with duration, volume, intensity. In class, we will discuss the pros and cons and how these affect stream hydrographs. Gaging records too short for extremes.