This paper presents the results of soil hydrological and erosional responses to different land
use and cover types in a marginal area of Portugal. The six land uses and vegetation covers …

The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns
for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape …

Abstract Changes in land use and production systems are to a large extent responsible for
land degradation. In Portugal this process has been triggered mainly by socioeconomic …

This study analyses and interprets the effects of historical and contemporary land use and
cover changes (LULC) on soil erosion in the Serra de Mértola region, Portugal, by using the …

Gullies contribute very efficiently to soil loss and degradation, particularly in Mediterranean
environments. While natural factors are involved in gully formation and further development …

A 10-year series of Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper images was used to test the hypothesis that
increasing environmental heterogeneity at the landscape scale is evidence for …

Cultivation of field crops is a challenge and risky business in sloping areas. A study was
conducted as a demonstration model for the sloppy lands of Fateh Jang, Pakistan. The …

O presente trabalho está dividido em três partes. A primeira aborda aspectos relacionados
com as linhas gerais da geomorfologia da área de estudo. Do ponto de vista geológico a …

Résumé Magali Watteaux, La colonisation agraire médiévale en Alentejo (Portugal) Cet
article s' intéresse à la morphologie des parcellaires agraires planifiés au Moyen Âge dans …

No Interior Centro e Norte de Portugal desencadeou-se, nas últimas décadas do passado
século, um fenómeno de acentuado abandono agrícola, com importantes alterações na …