Soil Erosion Risk Assessment
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil Conservation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 4036
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil erosion; precision agriculture; remote sensing; GIS
Interests: soil erosion and sediment yield modelling; sediment fingerprinting and source identification; sediment budgeting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue addresses one of the most severe environmental issues of our time: soil erosion. It is an extreme ecological issue that humanity is facing, as it washes away the fertile topsoil, deteriorates soil quality, and increases the soil sediments in stream channels and reservoirs. Extensive use of available lands for agriculture increases the soil loss at a global scale, but is especially accelerated in semi-arid regions. Although known for decades, humans still face numerous unresolved problems due to erosion worldwide, and many studies have emphasized that the problem is exacerbated with ongoing climate change. Furthermore, the development and stabilization of new soil environments and the release, transportation and storage of important environmental elements such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus or heavy metals are largely controlled by soil erosion. This Special Issue addresses new findings on the above-mentioned topics as well as methodological and technological advances and progress in modelling using the big data available worldwide.
Dr. Devraj Chalise
Dr. Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil erosion
- sediment yield
- soil conservation
- erosion modelling
- sediment control
- climate change
