Environmental land use conflicts: a threat to soil conservation

RFV Junior, SGP Varandas, LFS Fernandes… - Land use policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil vulnerability and environmental land use conflicts were quantified and cross tabulated
in the Sordo River basin (Trás-os-Montes Province, NE Portugal) to provide insights about …

An integrated approach of GIS, RUSLE and AHP to model soil erosion in West Kameng watershed, Arunachal Pradesh

B Das, R Bordoloi, LT Thungon, A Paul… - Journal of Earth System …, 2020 - Springer
Soil erosion has always been a major environmental problem in many parts of the world
including the northeastern region of India. An increase in the rate of soil erosion has …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated approach of RUSLE, GIS and ESA Sentinel-2 satellite data for post-fire soil erosion assessment in Basilicata region (Southern Italy)

A Lanorte, G Cillis, G Calamita, G Nolè… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Fire effects consist not only in direct damage to the vegetation but also in the modification of
both chemical and physical soil properties. Fire can affect the alteration of soil properties in …

In-between forest expansion and cropland decline: A revised USLE model for soil erosion risk under land-use change in a Mediterranean region

G Mancino, A Nolè, L Salvati, A Ferrara - Ecological Indicators, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study illustrates an original approach for the long-term assessment of soil
erosion risk under land-use changes in a Mediterranean region (Matera, southern Italy). The …

Remote sensing and geographic information system in water erosion assessment

N Kumar, SK Singh, GP Reddy, VN Mishra… - Agricultural …, 2020 - indianjournals.com
The aim of this review paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of geographical
information system and remote sensing-based water erosion assessment. With multispectral …

Gully erosion vulnerability modelling, estimation of soil loss and assessment of gully morphology: a study from cratonic part of eastern India

P Modak, M Mandal, S Mandi, B Ghosh - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
A highly visible form of soil erosion is gully, a significant geomorphological feature, resulting
from water erosion and causing land degradation and deterioration. In arid and semi-arid …

WebGIS-based decision support system for soil erosion assessment in Legedadi watershed, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

T Gebreegziabher, KV Suryabhagavan… - Geology, Ecology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Soil erosion is one of the major environmental issues in Ethiopia. In highlands, though the
topography is rugged; settlements have increased in recent years even if cultivation is …

GIS-based analytic hierarchy process approach to watershed vulnerability in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

CP Richardson, K Amankwatia - Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Using a semiquantitative analytic hierarchy process (AHP), watershed vulnerability was
assessed for Bernalillo County, New Mexico, an area that is characterized by intermittent …

Characterization of the nonpoint source pollution into river at different spatial scales

K Wang, Z Lin - Water and Environment Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of rainfall and underlying surface
conditions on nonpoint source (NPS) pollution loads and to identify the uncertainty in NPS …

Development of an empiric model of estimation of the environmental risk of soil physical degradation in the context of climate change application in the Mejerda valley …

R Riahi, A Hatira, S Baccouche, A Nakouri - Journal of African Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
Land degradation is a serious environmental problem. Soil physical degradation is the
consequence of several factors including topographic, edaphic and agronomic …