For thousands of years, terracing has been one of the most important systems for preventing
soil erosion, conserving water, and increasing agricultural production. Despite having a long …

For thousands of years, humans have created different types of terraces in different sloping
conditions, meant to mitigate flood risks, reduce soil erosion and conserve water. These …

Farmland abandonment is a major problem in parts of Europe, particularly in mountain
areas and semiarid environments. In such places, farmland abandonment represents a …

The Mediterranean basin is the largest world area having specific climatic conditions
suitable for olive cultivation, which has a great socio-economic importance in the region …

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 link between food and the environment constitutes a core issue from the consumer's
point of view and in the political debate. Geographical indication products, due to their …

Since 2000, vast areas of cropland in the rural mountain areas of China have been
abandoned for reasons including labor loss and rapid urbanization, although the …

The Mediterranean Basin is a climate and biodiversity hot spot, and climate change
threatens agro-ecosystems such as olive, an ancient drought-tolerant crop of considerable …

The estimation of crop evapotranspiration (ET c) from the reference evapotranspiration (ET
o) and a standard crop coefficient (K c) in olive orchards requires that the latter be adjusted …

The extent and causes of chemical, physical and biological degradation of soil, and of soil
loss, vary greatly in different countries in Western Europe. The objective of this review paper …