Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South Africa
Considering urbanization’s effects, quantifying individual components of the hydrological cycle, especially at the catchment scale, has been challenging due to the influence of climate change and human activities. Accordingly, the study assesses the impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC)...
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| author | Phelokazi S. Amoo O.T. Ikudayisi A. Nakin MDV. |
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| description | Considering urbanization’s effects, quantifying individual components of the hydrological cycle, especially at the catchment scale, has been challenging due to the influence of climate change and human activities. Accordingly, the study assesses the impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) on the water quantity degradation. It evaluates the effect of urbanization on water balance configuration between the period 2000-2020. The resultant result of LULC reflected a long-term increase in bare land by 11.72% and a marginal increase in built-up areas (0.52%). In contrast, the annual water balance results show an annual negative water deficit ranging from −19.40 mm to −624.955 mm. The result has demonstrated the use of QSWAT and SWMM in a Quick geographic information systems (QGIS) environment to drive the socio-hydrological framework to model spatially distributed and time-varying hydrologic and meteorologic datasets as an effective scientific visualization technique in water balance evaluation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f77dc7d35fd34fbbb8f5fa126ce1500a2025-01-07T07:56:59ZengSciendoSelected Scientific Papers: Journal of Civil Engineering1338-72782024-12-0119110.2478/sspjce-2024-0019Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South AfricaPhelokazi S.0Amoo O.T.1Ikudayisi A.2Nakin MDV.3Centre for Global Change, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South AfricaCentre for Global Change, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South AfricaCivil Engineering Department, Walter Sisulu University, East London, Eastern Cape, South AfricaCentre for Global Change, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South AfricaConsidering urbanization’s effects, quantifying individual components of the hydrological cycle, especially at the catchment scale, has been challenging due to the influence of climate change and human activities. Accordingly, the study assesses the impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) on the water quantity degradation. It evaluates the effect of urbanization on water balance configuration between the period 2000-2020. The resultant result of LULC reflected a long-term increase in bare land by 11.72% and a marginal increase in built-up areas (0.52%). In contrast, the annual water balance results show an annual negative water deficit ranging from −19.40 mm to −624.955 mm. The result has demonstrated the use of QSWAT and SWMM in a Quick geographic information systems (QGIS) environment to drive the socio-hydrological framework to model spatially distributed and time-varying hydrologic and meteorologic datasets as an effective scientific visualization technique in water balance evaluation.https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2024-0019environmental flowslulcwater balancesustainable developmenturbanization |
| spellingShingle | Phelokazi S. Amoo O.T. Ikudayisi A. Nakin MDV. Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South Africa Selected Scientific Papers: Journal of Civil Engineering environmental flows lulc water balance sustainable development urbanization |
| title | Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South Africa |
| title_full | Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South Africa |
| title_short | Investigating Water Balance Configuration in the Urban Areas of Mthatha, South Africa |
| title_sort | investigating water balance configuration in the urban areas of mthatha south africa |
| topic | environmental flows lulc water balance sustainable development urbanization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2024-0019 |
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