Both water quantity and quality are impacted by climate change. In addition, rapid urbanization has also brought an immeasurable loss of life and property resulting from floods. Hence, there is a need to predict changes in rainfall events to effectively design stormwater infrastructure to protect urban areas from disaster. This study develops a framework for predicting future short duration rainfall intensity and examining the effects of climate change on urban runoff in the Gunja Drainage Basin. Non-stationarities in rainfall records are first analysed using trend analysis to extrapolate future climate change scenarios. The US Environmental Protection Agency Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) was used for single event simulation of runoff quantity from the study area. For the 1-hour and 24-hour durations, statistically significant upward trends were observed. Although the 10-minute duration was only nearly significant at the 90% level, the steepest slope was observed for this short duration. Moreover, it was observed that the simulated peak discharge from SWMM increases as the short duration rainfall intensity increases. The proposed framework is thought to provide a means to review the current design of stormwater infrastructures to determine their capacity, along with consideration of climate change impact.
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August 18 2014
Analysis of effects of climate change on runoff in an urban drainage system: a case study from Seoul, Korea
M. Jung;
M. Jung
1Program in Environmental Technology and Policy, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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H. Kim;
H. Kim
1Program in Environmental Technology and Policy, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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K. J. B. Mallari;
K. J. B. Mallari
1Program in Environmental Technology and Policy, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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G. Pak;
G. Pak
2Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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J. Yoon
1Program in Environmental Technology and Policy, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
2Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
E-mail: jyyoon@korea.ac.kr
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Water Sci Technol (2015) 71 (5): 653–660.
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Received:
October 06 2014
Accepted:
December 22 2014
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M. Jung, H. Kim, K. J. B. Mallari, G. Pak, J. Yoon; Analysis of effects of climate change on runoff in an urban drainage system: a case study from Seoul, Korea. Water Sci Technol 1 March 2015; 71 (5): 653–660. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.341
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