17 Dic Impacts of Urbanization and Land Use Change over Water Resources

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Title
Impacts of Urbanization and Land Use Change over Water Resources
AuthorTomás Bunster; Jorge Gironás; Carolina Rojas; Carlos Bonilla
Line(s)Critical Resources
Year of Publication2020
Journal TitleWater Resources of Chile
Keywords
Land use Urbanization Wildfire Population growth
Abstract
Anthropogenic land use changes have taken place through time, and will continue in the future as the country develops. Such changes have affected the occurrence of hydrological processes, and impacted water resources. This chapter describes these changes and their evolution through time. Urban and population growth, expansion and intensification of agriculture and productive forestry, and the occurrence of wildfires in Chile are characterized. Furthermore, the main impacts over water resources and current practices to cope with these changes are presented. Finally, future challenges are described, together with the concluding remarks.
Doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56901-3_20
Corresponding AuthorJorge Gironás jgironas@ing.puc.cl

 

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