Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins

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Borzi, Guido Esteban; Santucci, Lucía; Tanjal, Carolina Verónica; Carol, Eleonora Silvina
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2020
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The province of Buenos Aires located in Argentina contains numerous agricultural plain basins of world importance among which the Samborombon river basin stands out, where regular floods affect agricultural activities and urban expansion. This sector has large road works with approach embankments that obstruct the natural drainage, a poorly planned urban growth, and an increase in the rainfall regime in recent decades. The aim of this work is to carry out an analysis and assessment of the surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins, taking the Samborombon river basin as a case study. Satellite images were used to define the floodplain and identify the main road works and urban settlements that develop within it. Subsequently, hydrological simulations were carried out to assess how these anthropic structures modify the surface runoff and the flooded areas. To validate the simulation results, the flooded areas obtained were compared with a similar flood event of a Landsat image. The results show that the road works embankments and urban settlements restrict the floodplain area of the river, generating an increase in the flooded area and delaying the water runoff. This problem, together with the rainfall increase, shows the need to generate a territorial management plan and adopt mitigation measures. The use of sacrificial embankments could be an economic alternative that would prevent the obstruction of water runoff, being able to use the basin as a pilot site for this innovative idea.
Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas
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Ciencias Naturales
Large road works
Samborombón river basin
Flood risk
Urban settlements
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spelling Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basinsBorzi, Guido EstebanSantucci, LucíaTanjal, Carolina VerónicaCarol, Eleonora SilvinaCiencias NaturalesLarge road worksSamborombón river basinFlood riskUrban settlementsThe province of Buenos Aires located in Argentina contains numerous agricultural plain basins of world importance among which the Samborombon river basin stands out, where regular floods affect agricultural activities and urban expansion. This sector has large road works with approach embankments that obstruct the natural drainage, a poorly planned urban growth, and an increase in the rainfall regime in recent decades. The aim of this work is to carry out an analysis and assessment of the surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins, taking the Samborombon river basin as a case study. Satellite images were used to define the floodplain and identify the main road works and urban settlements that develop within it. Subsequently, hydrological simulations were carried out to assess how these anthropic structures modify the surface runoff and the flooded areas. To validate the simulation results, the flooded areas obtained were compared with a similar flood event of a Landsat image. The results show that the road works embankments and urban settlements restrict the floodplain area of the river, generating an increase in the flooded area and delaying the water runoff. This problem, together with the rainfall increase, shows the need to generate a territorial management plan and adopt mitigation measures. The use of sacrificial embankments could be an economic alternative that would prevent the obstruction of water runoff, being able to use the basin as a pilot site for this innovative idea.Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas2020-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf981-994http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/141954enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0921-030Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1573-0840info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11069-020-03905-0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:32:36Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/141954Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:32:37.1SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
title Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
spellingShingle Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
Borzi, Guido Esteban
Ciencias Naturales
Large road works
Samborombón river basin
Flood risk
Urban settlements
title_short Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
title_full Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
title_fullStr Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
title_sort Assessment of surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Borzi, Guido Esteban
Santucci, Lucía
Tanjal, Carolina Verónica
Carol, Eleonora Silvina
author Borzi, Guido Esteban
author_facet Borzi, Guido Esteban
Santucci, Lucía
Tanjal, Carolina Verónica
Carol, Eleonora Silvina
author_role author
author2 Santucci, Lucía
Tanjal, Carolina Verónica
Carol, Eleonora Silvina
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Large road works
Samborombón river basin
Flood risk
Urban settlements
topic Ciencias Naturales
Large road works
Samborombón river basin
Flood risk
Urban settlements
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The province of Buenos Aires located in Argentina contains numerous agricultural plain basins of world importance among which the Samborombon river basin stands out, where regular floods affect agricultural activities and urban expansion. This sector has large road works with approach embankments that obstruct the natural drainage, a poorly planned urban growth, and an increase in the rainfall regime in recent decades. The aim of this work is to carry out an analysis and assessment of the surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins, taking the Samborombon river basin as a case study. Satellite images were used to define the floodplain and identify the main road works and urban settlements that develop within it. Subsequently, hydrological simulations were carried out to assess how these anthropic structures modify the surface runoff and the flooded areas. To validate the simulation results, the flooded areas obtained were compared with a similar flood event of a Landsat image. The results show that the road works embankments and urban settlements restrict the floodplain area of the river, generating an increase in the flooded area and delaying the water runoff. This problem, together with the rainfall increase, shows the need to generate a territorial management plan and adopt mitigation measures. The use of sacrificial embankments could be an economic alternative that would prevent the obstruction of water runoff, being able to use the basin as a pilot site for this innovative idea.
Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas
description The province of Buenos Aires located in Argentina contains numerous agricultural plain basins of world importance among which the Samborombon river basin stands out, where regular floods affect agricultural activities and urban expansion. This sector has large road works with approach embankments that obstruct the natural drainage, a poorly planned urban growth, and an increase in the rainfall regime in recent decades. The aim of this work is to carry out an analysis and assessment of the surface runoff conditioned by road works and urban settlements in large plain basins, taking the Samborombon river basin as a case study. Satellite images were used to define the floodplain and identify the main road works and urban settlements that develop within it. Subsequently, hydrological simulations were carried out to assess how these anthropic structures modify the surface runoff and the flooded areas. To validate the simulation results, the flooded areas obtained were compared with a similar flood event of a Landsat image. The results show that the road works embankments and urban settlements restrict the floodplain area of the river, generating an increase in the flooded area and delaying the water runoff. This problem, together with the rainfall increase, shows the need to generate a territorial management plan and adopt mitigation measures. The use of sacrificial embankments could be an economic alternative that would prevent the obstruction of water runoff, being able to use the basin as a pilot site for this innovative idea.
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