Soil Erosion Processes
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 1357
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geographic information systems and remote sensing and their application to land use planning; geomorphology; geomorphological heritage; erosive processes following forest fires and mitigation measures
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Interests: geomorphology; soil erosion; GIS and RS; tropical environments
Interests: forests fire; forests ecology; prescribed fires, soils, hydrology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil erosion is a major environmental issue, with a worldwide impact, and with direct and indirect effects on soil productivity and, consequently, on human survival. Although a natural process, soil erosion has suffered a significant increase due to human activity on the surface of the Earth, especially in recent centuries, through its diverse activities, such as intensive agriculture, overgrazing, urban sprawl, wildfires, deforestation, and industrial and mining activities. Presently, soil erosion and degradation promoted by human action has reached extreme levels, requiring urgent measures to promote soil conservation and rehabilitation.
Thus, the present Special Issue of Geosciences intends to outline the present situation we are facing in terms of soil erosion in different parts of the world, highlighting the main challenges mankind faces on this subject. The debate on future perspectives of soil erosion monitoring, evaluation and modelling, related to recent technologies and methods, as well as strategies for soil conservation and rehabilitation, are also objectives of this Special Issue.
This Special Issue aims to cover, without being limited to, the following areas: Soil erosion
- Soil erosion modeling
- Gully erosion
- Post-fire soil erosion
- Erosion mitigation techniques
- Soil conservation
- Erosion in urban environment.
Dr. António Vieira
Dr. Sílvio C. Rodrigues
Prof. Dr. Xavier Úbeda Cartañá
Guest Editors
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