Soil and Water Conservation: Discussing Erosion, Climate and Land Use Changes, and Ecosystem Services
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 17247
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil and water conservation; soil physical-hydric properties; land use capability; erosion modeling; valuation of ecosystems services
Interests: soil and water conservation; effects of climate and land cover changes on coastal environments; hydrological ecosystem services; blue space services; water resources in coastal-urban environments
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although soil and water conservation have been investigated by research groups across disciplines and around the planet, new challenges and pressures to soil and water resources arise constantly: climate change, urbanization, agricultural extension, ever-growing food demand, among others. There have been initiatives in a few countries where the amelioration of anthropogenic footprint has been sought by the offering of monetary incentives associated with maintaining ecosystem services (e.g., the adoption of soil conservation practices).
We want to contribute to disseminating new knowledge in the form of research manuscripts describing state-of-the-art instruments and methods, new theories, or applied research. We encourage the submission of manuscripts addressing current challenges in soil and water conservation, the effects of climate and land use changes, erosion processes, ecosystem services, or any closely related topics.
Prof. Dr. Junior Cesar Avanzi
Prof. Dr. Salvador Francisco Acuña-Guzman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil and water conservation
- water erosion
- climate change
- ecosystem service