Abstract: Abstract Nowadays, rapid growths of urban areas and associated Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) changes notably affect the surface runoff response to rainfall in urbanised catchments. This effect of urbanisation on surface runoff is frequently addressed since it relates to the increasing incidence of pluvial floods worldwide. Studies on this issue commonly assess runoff changes over several most recent decades. However, human-induced factors likely resulted in increased surface runoff and associated flash floods in rural catchments even in the past c...
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