Provides a unique and comprehensive assessment of soil erosion throughout Europe, an important aspect to control and manage if landscapes are to be sustained for the future.
Written in two parts, Soil Erosion in Europe primarily focuses on current issues, area specific soil erosion rates, on and off-site impacts, government responses, soil conservation measures, and soil erosion risk maps. The first part overviews the erosion processes and the problems encountered within each European country, whilst the second section takes a cross-cutting theme approach.
- Based on an EU-funded project that has been running for four years with erosion scientists from 19 countries
- Reviews contemporary erosion processes and rates on arable and rangeland in Europe
- Looks at current issues, such as socio-economic drivers, controlling factors specific to the country and changes in land use
Content:
Chapter 1 Norway (pages 1โ15): Lillian Oygarden, Helge Lundekvam, Arnold H Arnoldussen and Trond Borresen
Chapter 2 Sweden (pages 17โ25): Barbro Ulen
Chapter 3 Finland (pages 27โ32): Sirkka Tattari and Seppo Rekolainen
Chapter 4 Denmark (pages 33โ42): Anita Veihe and Bent Hasholt
Chapter 5 Iceland (pages 43โ55): Olafur Arnalds
Chapter 6 Lithuania (pages 57โ65): Benediktas Jankauskas and Michael A. Fullen
Chapter 7 Estonia (pages 67โ71): Rein Kask, Illar Lemetti and Kalev Sepp
Chapter 8 European Russia and Byelorus (pages 73โ93): Aleksey Sidorchuk, Leonid Litvin, Valentin Golosov and Andrey Chernysh
Chapter 9 Poland (pages 95โ106): Jerzy Rejman and Jan Rodzik
Chapter 10 Czech Republic (pages 107โ116): Tomas Dostal, Miloslav Janecek, Zdenet Kliment, Josef Krasa, Jakub Langhammer, Jiri Vaska and Karel Vrana
Chapter 11 Slovakia (pages 117โ138): Milos Stankoviansky, Emil Fulajtar and Pavel Jambor
Chapter 12 Hungary (pages 139โ153): Adam Kertesz and Csaba Centeri
Chapter 13 Romania (pages 155โ166): Ion Ionita, Maria Radoane and Sevastel Mircea
Chapter 14 Bulgaria (pages 167โ181): Svetla Rousseva, Assen Lazarov, Elka Tsvetkova, Ilia Marinov, Ivan Malinov, Viktor Kroumov and Vihra Stefanova
Chapter 15 Moldavia (pages 183โ197): Miroslav D Voloschuk and Ion Ionita
Chapter 16 Ukraine (pages 199โ204): Sergey Bulygin
Chapter 17 Austria (pages 205โ212): Peter Strauss and Eduard Klaghofer
Chapter 18 Germany (pages 213โ230): Karl Auerswald
Chapter 19 Switzerland (pages 231โ244): Rainer Weisshaidinger and Hartmut Leser
Chapter 20 Italy (pages 245โ261): Dino Torri, Lorenzo Borselli, Fausto Guzzetti, M. Costanza Calzolari, Paolo Bazzoffi, Fabrizio Ungaro, Devis Bartolini and M. Pilar Salvador Sanchis
Chapter 21 Albania (pages 263โ270): Spiro Grazhdani
Chapter 22 Serbia and Montenegro (pages 271โ277): Stanimir Kostadinov, Miodrag Zlatic, Nada Dragovic and Zoran Gavrilovic
Chapter 23 Greece (pages 279โ288): Constantinos Kosmas, Nicholas Danalatos, Dimitra Kosma and Panagiota Kosmopoulou
Chapter 24 Macedonia (pages 289โ296): Ivan Blinkov and Alexandar Trendafilov
Chapter 25 Slovenia (pages 297โ310): Mauro Hrvatin, Blaz Komac, Drago Perko and Matija Zorn
Chapter 26 Spain (pages 311โ346): Albert Sole Benet
Chapter 27 Spain: Canary Islands (pages 347โ357): A Rodriguez Rodriguez, Carmen D. Arbelo and J Sanchez
Chapter 28 Portugal (pages 359โ367): Celeste O. A. Coelho
Chapter 29 France (pages 369โ383): Anne?Veronique Auzet, Yves Le Bissonnais and Veronique Souchere
Chapter 30 Belgium (pages 385โ411): Gert Verstraeten, Jean Poesen, Dirk Goossens, Katleen Gillijns, Charles Bielders, Donald Gabriels, Greet Ruysschaert, Miet Van Den Eeckhaut, Tom Vanwalleghem and Gerard Govers
Chapter 31 The Netherlands (pages 413โ426): Frans J. P. M. Kwaad, Ad P. J. de Roo and Victor G. Jetten
Chapter 32 Luxembourg (pages 427โ438): Erik L. H. Cammeraat
Chapter 33 Britain (pages 439โ453): John Boardman and Bob Evans
Chapter 34 Ireland (pages 455โ462): David Favis?Mortlock
Chapter 35 Past Soil Erosion in Europe (pages 463โ476): Andreas Lang and Hans Rudolf Bork
Chapter 36 Soil Erosion in Europe: Major Processes, Causes and Consequences (pages 477โ487): John Boardman and Jean Poesen
Chapter 37 Soil Surface Crusting and Structure Slumping in Europe (pages 489โ500): Louis?Marie Bresson, Yves Le Bissonnais and Patrick Andrieux
Chapter 38 Sheet and Rill Erosion (pages 501โ513): Olivier Cerdan, Jean Poesen, Gerard Govers, Nicolas Saby, Yves Le Bissonnais, Anne Gobin, Andrea Vacca, John Quinton, Karl Auerswald, Andreas Klik, Franz F. P. M. Kwaad and M. J. Roxo
Chapter 39 Gully Erosion in Europe (pages 515โ536): Jean Poesen, Tom Vanwalleghem, Joris de Vente, Anke Knapen, Gert Verstraeten and Jose A. Martinez?Casasnovas
Chapter 40 Piping Hazard on Collapsible and Dispersive Soils in Europe (pages 537โ562): Hazel Faulkner
Chapter 41 Wind Erosion (pages 563โ582): Roger Funk and Hannes Isaak Reuter
Chapter 42 Shallow Landsliding (pages 583โ598): Olivier Maquaire and Jean?Philippe Malet
Chapter 43 Tillage Erosion (pages 599โ608): Kristof Van Oost and Gerard Govers
Chapter 44 Soil Losses due to Crop Harvesting in Europe (pages 609โ621): Greet Ruysschaert, Jean Poesen, Gert Verstraeten and Gerard Govers
Chapter 45 Erosion of Uncultivated Land (pages 623โ641): Bob Evans
Chapter 46 Land Levelling (pages 643โ658): Lorenzo Borselli, Dino Torri, Lillian Oygarden, Saturnio De Alba, Jose A. Martinez?Casasnovas, Paolo Bazzoffi and Gergely Jakab
Chapter 47 Pan?European Soil Erosion Assessment and Maps (pages 659โ674): Anne Gobin, Gerard Govers and Mike Kirkby
Chapter 48 Assessing the Modified Fournier Index and the Precipitation Concentration Index for Some European Countries (pages 675โ684): Donald Gabriels
Chapter 49 Pan?European Soil Erodibility Assessment (pages 685โ693): Yves Le Bissonnais, Olivier Cerdan, Joel Leonard and Joel Daroussin
Chapter 50 Modelling Soil Erosion in Europe (pages 695โ716): Victor Jetten and David Favis?Mortlock
Chapter 51 Existing Soil Erosion Data Sets (pages 717โ728): Jussi Baade and Seppo Rekolainen
Chapter 52 Impacts of Environmental Changes on Soil Erosion Across Europe (pages 729โ742): Mike Kirkby
Chapter 53 Muddy Floods (pages 743โ755): John Boardman, Gert Verstraeten and Charles Bielders
Chapter 54 Reservoir and Pond Sedimentation in Europe (pages 757โ774): Gert Verstraeten, Paolo Bazzoffi, Adam Lajczak, Maria Radoane, Freddy Rey, Jean Poesen and Joris de Vente
Chapter 55 Off?Site Impacts of Erosion: Eutrophication as an Example (pages 775โ789): Seppo Rekolainen, Petri Ekholm, Louise Heathwaite, Jouni Lehtoranta and Risto Uusitalo
Chapter 56 Economic Frame for Soil Conservation Policies (pages 791โ803): Johannes Schuler, Harald Kachele, Klaus Muller, Katharina Helming and Peter Zander
Chapter 57 Government and Agency Response to Soil Erosion Risk in Europe (pages 805โ827): Michael A Fullen, Andres Arnalds, Paolo Bazzoffi, Colin A Booth, Victor Castillo, Adam Kertesz, Philippe Martin, Coen Ritsema, Albert Sole Benet, Veronique Souchere, Liesbeth Vandekerckhove and Gert Verstraeten
Chapter 58 Agri?Environment Measures and Soil Erosion in Europe (pages 829โ839): Paolo Bazzoffi and Anne Gobin
