Question

Here is a question for you to practice your intuition... imagine a deluge in the city versus the forest. why does urbanization (the building and expansion of buildings, parking lots, streets, sidewalks, gutters, driveways, etc.) increase the chance of flooding during a rainstorm? select one:
a. urbanization raises the peak discharge of streams and increases the lag time after a rainstorm.
b. urbanization lowers the peak discharge of streams and decreases the lag time after a rainstorm.
c. urbanization lowers the peak discharge of streams and increases the lag time after a rainstorm.
d. urbanization raises the peak discharge of streams and decreases the lag time after a rainstorm.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Urbanization lowers the peak discharge of streams and decreases the lag time after a rainstorm.