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Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2705-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2705-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
Research article
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20 May 2021
Research article |  | 20 May 2021

Causal effects of dams and land cover changes on flood changes in mainland China

Wencong Yang, Hanbo Yang, Dawen Yang, and Aizhong Hou

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This study quantified the causal effects of land cover changes and dams on the changes in annual maximum discharges (Q) in 757 catchments of China using panel regressions. We found that a 1 % point increase in urban areas causes a 3.9 % increase in Q, and a 1 unit increase in reservoir index causes a 21.4 % decrease in Q for catchments with no dam before. This study takes the first step to explain the human-caused flood changes on a national scale in China.
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