Soil erosion is a critical environmental problem throughout the world's terrestrial
ecosystems. Erosion inflicts multiple, serious damages in managed ecosystems such as …

The Loess Plateau, China, has long been suffering from serious soil erosion. About 2000
years ago, larger areas were used for grain production and soil erosion was thus becoming …

This article develops a spatial analysis applied to examine the main driving forces of land-
cover and land-use (LCLU) change in a Mediterranean region. Three different tools have …

A complete treatment of the theory and practice of groundwater engineering, The Handbook
of Groundwater Engineering, Second Edition provides a current and detailed review of how …

In the semiarid areas of the Mediterranean basin, restoration activities during the XXth
century have mainly relied on extensive plantations of Pinus halepensis, which now cover …

A 60-year chronosequence study of semi-arid old-fields indicates that abandonment age,
litter depth, organic carbon soil content, carbonate content and soil moisture are related to …

Daily runoff depths from 28 plots (5m× 2m) recorded during a 2-year period in the semi-arid
to subhumid highlands of Tigray were analyzed to study the effect of vegetation restoration …

Even though there is a general acknowledgement that green infrastructure can have a
positive role in reducing stormwater runoff, few studies have explored how specific spatial …

The impact of urbanisation on the water balance of a catchment dominated by surface water
and groundwater interactions was investigated by using a process-based coupled surface …

Roughly a third of Europe's water demand is satisfied by groundwater abstraction.
Understanding how future changes in climate, weather, vegetation and land use will affect …