“…Several studies have been carried out in an attempt to analyse the effects of climate alterations on the hydrological processes in catchments (Feng & Zhang, ; Francipane, Fatichi, Ivanov, & Noto, ; Liuzzo, Noto, Arnone, Caracciolo, & La Loggia, ; Perazzoli, Pinheiro, & Kaufmann, ; Piras, Mascaro, Deidda, & Vivoni, ; Pumo, Caracciolo, Viola, & Noto, ; Pumo, Viola, & Noto, ; Viola et al, ). Many other studies tried to study the effects of landâuse changes on hydrological response (Gumindoga et al, ; Huang, Cheng, Wen, & Lee, , ; Miller et al, ; Yang, Entekhabi, Castelli, & Chua, ).…”