Table 1.

Examples of Potential Drivers of Change in Flood Regimes and Associated Variables.2 (Reprinted with permission from Ref 20. Copyright 2012). Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.

Compartment	Processes	Variables	Drivers of Change
Atmosphere	Atmospheric forcing of catchment water fluxes	Temperature, total precipitation, precipitation intensity/duration, snow cover and snowmelt, short‐ and long‐wave radiation climate variables	Natural climate variability at different time scales, anthropogenic climate change
Catchments	Runoff generation and concentration	Infiltration capacity, runoff coefficient, water storage capacity, evapotranspiration	Urbanization, transport infrastructure, deforestation, ditch construction, wildfires, agricultural management practices, drainage of wetlands and agricultural areas, construction of flood retention basins
Rivers	Flood wave propagation, superposition of flood waves	River morphology, conveyance, roughness, water level, runoff, floodplain storage, river channel vegetation	In‐stream channel engineering, reduction in river length, construction of dikes, groynes and weirs, operation of hydropower plants and reservoirs