InTech, 2011. - 332 p.
Soil erosion affects a large part of the Earth surface, and accelerated soil erosion is recognized as one of the main soil threats, compromising soil productive and protective functions. The land management in areas affected by soil erosion is a relevant issue for landscape and ecosystems preservation. In this book we collected a series of papers on erosion, not focusing on agronomic implications, but on a variety of other relevant aspects of the erosion phenomena. The book is divided into three sections: i) various implications of land management in arid and semiarid ecosystems, ii) erosion modeling and experimental studies; iii) other applications (e.g. geoscience, engineering). The book covers a wide range of erosion-related themes from a variety of points of view (assessment, modeling, mitigation, best practices etc.).
Contents:
Preface.
Arid and Semiarid Land Management.Natural Potential for Erosion for Brazilian Territory.
Soil Erosion Processes in Semiarid Areas: The Importance of Native Vegetation.
Deforestation / Reforestation in Mediterranean Europe: The Case of Greece.
Soil Erosion Under Different Land Use and Cover Types in a Marginal Area of Portugal.
Soil Erosion and Conservation Measures in Semiarid Ecosystems Affected by Wildfires.
Experimental Studies and Modeling Applications.Investigation of Effective Factors on Runoff Generation and Sediment Yield of Loess Deposits Using Rainfall Simulator.
Plot-Scale Experimental Studies.
Impact of Rainfall Microstructure on Erosivity and Splash Soil Erosion Under Simulated Rainfall.
Soil Loss-Rainfall Duration Relations as Affected by Peat Content, Soil Type and Compaction Effort.
Soil Erosion and Surface Runoff on Slopes in Mountain Environment Depending on Application Technique and Seed Mixture โ A Case-Study.
Combined Hydroseeding and Coconet Reinforcement for Soil Erosion Control.
SCALES: An Original Model to Diagnose Soil Erosion Hazard and Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Its Evolution.
SATEEC GIS System for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield.
Other Applications in Engineering/Geoscience.Internal Erosion Due to Water Flow Through Earth Dams and Earth Structures.
Lake Mladotice in the Western Czech Republic โ Sediments as a Geoarchive for Flood Events and Pre- to Postcommunist Change in Land Use since 1872.