Soil Erosion in Europe

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Soil Erosion in Europe

John Boardman,Jean Poesen

Description

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

This is a comprehensive assessment of erosion processes, rates, spatial distribution and significance of erosion for Europe, based on an EU-funded project that has been running for nearly four years.

Divided into two sections, the first section looks at a different country for each chapter and provides an overview of the soil erosion processes and problems that affect it. The second section examines soil erosion processes, risk assessment and prediction, and off-site impacts and responses.

Consists of two parts: an overview of soil erosion processes and problems in each country; and cross-cutting themes.
Presents soil erosion assessments based on field observations and measurements throughout Europe.

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

About the Author

Dr John Boardman, is a geomorphologist educated at the Universities of Keele (BA and DSc) and London (BSc and PhD). He is Deputy Director of the ECI and Director of the MSc 'Environmental Change and Management' and also a Research Fellow at Green College. He has published over 100 papers mainly on land degradation and has edited several books. He was Chairman of the EU-funded COST Action 623 'Soil Erosion and Global Change' (1998-2003) with 21 participating countries and now Chairs a Working Group in COST 634 'On and Off-Site Impacts of Runoff and Erosion'. His main research interest is in land degradation in South Africa.

Professor Jean Poesen, Professor of Physical Geography, K. U. Leuven, Belgium and his research interests include: Physical geography; Geomorphology; Soil erosion; Soil degradation; Sediment yield; Hillslope hydrology; Desertification processes and mitigation techniques; Soil erosion control; Soil and water conservation and experimental geomorphology (rainfall and runoff simulation).

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