Urban expansion factor

This function provides a coefficient to multiply by URBEXT2015 to adjust it to a given year

Usage

UEF(Year)

Arguments

Year

The year for consideration. Numeric

Value

A numeric urban expansion factor.

Details

The urban expansion factor is that of the FEH2025 method. The urban expansion model assumes a national average expansion as a function of year. This means that on some catchments the value will be overestimated (primarily on rural ones) and on others the value will be underestimated (primarily on urban ones).

Author

Anthony Hammond

Examples

# Get an expansion factor for the year 2025
UEF(2025)
#> [1] 1.047059