Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

M Vanmaercke, P Panagos, T Vanwalleghem… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

Mulching practices for reducing soil water erosion: A review

M Prosdocimi, P Tarolli, A Cerdà - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Among the soil conservation practices that are used, mulching has been successfully
applied to reduce soil and water losses in different contexts, such as agricultural lands, fire …

A future land use simulation model (FLUS) for simulating multiple land use scenarios by coupling human and natural effects

X Liu, X Liang, X Li, X Xu, J Ou, Y Chen, S Li… - Landscape and urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Land use and land cover change (LUCC) simulation models are effective and reproducible
tools for analyzing both the causes and consequences of future landscape dynamics under …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological security pattern: A new idea for balancing regional development and ecological protection. A case study of the Jiaodong Peninsula, China

J Kang, X Zhang, X Zhu, B Zhang - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of urbanization, the disorderly expansion of land use for urban
construction has led to increasingly severe spatial dislocations of ecological land and …

Recommendations for the quantitative analysis of landslide risk

J Corominas, C van Westen, P Frattini… - Bulletin of engineering …, 2014 - Springer
This paper presents recommended methodologies for the quantitative analysis of landslide
hazard, vulnerability and risk at different spatial scales (site-specific, local, regional and …

Estimation of soil erosion in Nepal using a RUSLE modeling and geospatial tool

P Koirala, S Thakuri, S Joshi, R Chauhan - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion is a major issue, causing the loss of topsoil and fertility in agricultural land in
mountainous terrain. Estimation of soil erosion in Nepal is essential because of its …

The immediate effectiveness of barley straw mulch in reducing soil erodibility and surface runoff generation in Mediterranean vineyards

M Prosdocimi, A Jordán, P Tarolli, S Keesstra… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil and water loss in agriculture is a major problem throughout the world, and especially in
Mediterranean areas. Non-conservation agricultural practices have further aggravated the …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated universal soil loss equation (USLE) and Geographical Information System (GIS) for soil erosion estimation in A Sap basin: Central Vietnam

TG Pham, J Degener, M Kappas - International Soil and Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Central Vietnam is very susceptible to soil erosion due to its complicated terrain and heavy
rainfall. The objective of this study was to quantify soil erosion in the A Sap river basin, A …

Assessing the effects of land use and topography on soil erosion on the Loess Plateau in China

W Sun, Q Shao, J Liu, J Zhai - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) was used in conjunction with
geographic information system (GIS) mapping to determine the influence of land use and …

Prediction of land use and land cover changes for North Sumatra, Indonesia, using an artificial-neural-network-based cellular automaton

MH Saputra, HS Lee - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Land use and land cover (LULC) form a baseline thematic map for monitoring, resource
management, and planning activities and facilitate the development of strategies to balance …