Soil Erosion in Europe - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0470859105 ISBN 13 : 9780470859100

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

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This book comes at a time when Europe is developing a coherent soilprotection policy. The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy andthe new agri–environment measures have put the emphasis on thecontrol of soil erosion and sediment pollution, and the managementof European landscapes in a more sustainable manner.

This is a comprehensive assessment of erosion processes, rates,spatial distribution and significance of erosion for Europe, basedon an EU–funded project that has been running for nearly fouryears.

Divided into two sections, the first section looks at adifferent country for each chapter and provides an overview of thesoil erosion processes and problems that affect it. The secondsection examines soil erosion processes, risk assessment andprediction, and off–site impacts and responses.

• Consists of two parts: an overview of soil erosion processesand problems in each country; and cross–cutting themes.
• Presents soil erosion assessments based on field observationsand measurements throughout Europe.

This book is valuable reading for postgraduates and researchersin geography, soil science, engineering, hydrology and agriculture.It is also useful reading for professional organisations, policyand decision makers.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Dr John Boardman, is a geomorphologist educated at theUniversities of Keele (BA and DSc) and London (BSc and PhD). He isDeputy Director of the ECI and Director of the MSc ′EnvironmentalChange and Management′ and also a Research Fellow at Green College.He has published over 100 papers mainly on land degradation and hasedited several books. He was Chairman of the EU–funded COST Action623 ′Soil Erosion and Global Change′ (1998–2003) with 21participating countries and now Chairs a Working Group in COST 634′On and Off–Site Impacts of Runoff and Erosion′. His main researchinterest is in land degradation in South Africa.

Professor Jean Poesen, Professor of Physical Geography,K. U. Leuven, Belgium and his research interests include: Physicalgeography; Geomorphology; Soil erosion; Soil degradation; Sedimentyield; Hillslope hydrology; Desertification processes andmitigation techniques; Soil erosion control; Soil and waterconservation and experimental geomorphology (rainfall and runoffsimulation).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0470859105
• ISBN 13: 9780470859100
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 878