Is forest location more important than forest fragmentation for flood regulation?

Native forest deforestation has been identified as one of the main land cover changes affecting flood risk specially during small and moderate storm events. In this regard, forest protection and reforestation are considered a nature-based solution (NbS) for flood regulation. However, there is a lack...

• Main Author: Hurtado Pidal, Jorge (author)
• Other Authors: Acero Triana, Juan S. (author), Aguayo, Mauricio (author), Link, Oscar (author), Valencia, Bryan G. (author), Espitia Sarmiento, Edgar (author), Conicelli, Bruno (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: TETIS; Stormflow; Land cover change; Tropical humid basin; Ecuador; Overland flow
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106764; http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/598