Soil water erosion on cultivated lands represents a severe threat to soil resources in the
world, and especially in Mediterranean areas, due to their topographic, edaphic and climatic …

Soil erosion is a key factor in Mediterranean environments, and is not only closely related to
geoecological factors (lithology, topography, and climatology) but also to land-use and plant …

Much research has been carried out on modelling soil erosion rates under different climatic
and land use conditions. Although some studies have addressed the issue of reduced crop …

Employing a linkage between a biophysical and an economic model, this study estimates
the economic impact of soil erosion by water on the world economy. The global biophysical …

Land degradation, and soil and nutrient loss, are significant environmental problems in semi-
arid agricultural environments in the Mediterranean Basin. One land use that is particularly …

Viticulture is a major worldwide economic sector with a vine area of 7.52 million ha, wine
production of 288 Mhl, and wine exports of 26 billion euros. Nevertheless, viticulture has to …

The effects of soil and water conservation techniques (SWCTs) on annual runoff (Ra), runoff
coefficients (RCa) and annual soil loss (SLa) at the plot scale have been extensively tested …

The Anthropocene is a major new concept in the Earth sciences and this book examines the
effects on geomorphology within this period. Drawing examples from many different global …

The soils of Mediterranean vineyards are usually managed with continuous tillage, resulting
in bare soil, low infiltration and high soil erosion rates. Soil nutrients, such as nitrogen, could …

Soil losses were calculated in a rural watershed where environmental land use conflicts
developed in the course of a progressive invasion of forest and pasture/forest lands by …