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Soil erosion in Europe
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Chichester, England : Wiley, 2006
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9780470859100
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Provides a unique and comprehensive assessment of soil erosion throughout Europe, an important aspect to control and manage if landscapes are to be sustained for the future.

Written in two parts, Soil Erosion in Europe primarily focuses on current issues, area specific soil erosion rates, on and off-site impacts, government responses, soil conservation measures, and soil erosion risk maps. The first part overviews the erosion processes and the problems encountered within each European country, whilst the second section takes a cross-cutting theme approach.

Based on an EU-funded project that has been running for four years with erosion scientists from 19 countries Reviews contemporary erosion processes and rates on arable and rangeland in Europe Looks at current issues, such as socio-economic drivers, controlling factors specific to the country and changes in land use


Author Notes

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).


Table of Contents

Lillian Oygarden and Helge Lundekvam and Arnold H Arnoldussen and Trond BorresenBarbro UlenSirkka Tattari and Seppo RekolainenAnita Veihe and Bent HasholtOlafur ArnaldsBenediktas Jankauskas and Michael A. FullenRein Kask and Illar Lemetti and Kalev SeppAleksey Sidorchuk and Leonid Litvin and Valentin Golosov and Andrey ChernyshJerzy Rejman and Jan RodzikTomas Dostal and Miloslav Janecek and Zdenet Kliment and Josef Krasa and Jakub Langhammer and Jiri Vaska and Karel VranaMilos Stankoviansky and Emil Fulajtar and Pavel JamborAdam Kertesz and Csaba CenteriIon Ionita and Maria Radoane and Sevastel MirceaSvetla Rousseva and Assen Lazarov and Elka Tsvetkova and Ilia Marinov and Ivan Malinov and Viktor Kroumov and Vihra StefanovaMiroslav D Voloschuk and Ion IonitaSergey BulyginPeter Strauss and Eduard KlaghoferKarl AuerswaldRainer Weisshaidinger and Hartmut LeserDino Torri and Lorenzo Borselli and Fausto Guzzetti and M. Costanza Calzolari and Paolo Bazzoffi and Fabrizio Ungaro and Devis Bartolini and M. Pilar Salvador SanchisSpiro GrazhdaniStanimir Kostadinov and Miodrag Zlatic and Nada Dragovic and Zoran GavrilovicConstantinos Kosmas and Nicholas Danalatos and Dimitra Kosma and Panagiota KosmopoulouIvan Blinkov and Alexandar TrendafilovMauro Hrvatin and Blaz Komac and Drago Perko and Matija ZornAlbert Sole BenetA Rodriguez Rodriguez and Carmen D. Arbelo and J SanchezCeleste O.A. CoelhoAnne-Veronique Auzet and Yves Le Bissonnais and Veronique SouchereGert Verstraeten and Jean Poesen and Dirk Goossens and Katleen Gillijns and Charles Bidders and Donald Gabriels and Greet Ruysschaert and Miet Van Den Eeckhaut and Tom Vanwalleghem and Gerard GoversFrans J.P.M. Kwaad and Ad P.J. de Roo and Victor G. JettenErik L.H. CammeraatJohn Boardman and Bob EvansDavid Favis-MortlockAndreas Lang and Hans Rudolf BorkJohn Boardman and Jean PoesenLouis-Marie Bresson and Yves Le Bissonnais and Patrick AndrieuxOlivier Cerdan and Jean Poesen and Gerard Govers and Nicolas Saby and Yves Le Bissonnais and Anne Gobin and Andrea Vacca and John Quinton and Karl Auerswald and Andreas Klik and Franz F.P.M. Kwaad and M.J. RoxoJean Poesen and Tom Vanwalleghem and Joris de Vente and Anke Knapen and Gert Verstraeten and Jose A. Martinez-CasasnovasHazel FaulknerRoger Funk and Hannes Isaak ReuterOlivier Maquaire and Jean-Philippe MaletKristof Van Oost and Gerard GoversGreet Ruysschaert and Jean Poesen and Gert Verstraeten and Gerard GoversBob EvansLorenzo Borselli and Dino Torri and Lillian Oygarden and Saturnio De Alba and Jose A. Martinez-Casasnovas and Paolo Bazzoffi and Gergely JakabAnne Gobin and Gerard Govers and Mike KirkbyDonald GabrielsYves Le Bissonnais and Olivier Cerdan and Joel Leonard and Joel DaroussinVictor Jetten and David Favis-MortlockJussi Baade and Seppo RekolainenMike KirkbyJohn Boardman and Gert Verstraeten and Charles BieldersGert Verstraeten and Paolo Bazzoffi and Adam Lajczak and Maria Radoane and Freddy Rey and Jean Poesen and Joris de VenteSeppo Rekolainen and Petri Ekholm and Louise Heathwaite and Jouni Lehtoranta and Risto UusitaloJohannes Schuler and Harald Kachele and Klaus Muller and Katharina Helming and Peter ZanderMichael A Fullen and Andres Arnalds and Paolo Bazzoffi and Colin A Booth and Victor Castillo and Adam Kertesz and Philippe Martin and Coen Ritsema and Albert Sole Benet and Veronique Souchere and Liesbeth Vandekerckhove and Gert VerstraetenPaolo Bazzoffi and Anne Gobin
Prefacep. xiii
Contributorsp. xv
Section 1

p. 1

1.1 Norwayp. 3
1.2 Swedenp. 17
1.3 Finlandp. 27
1.4 Denmarkp. 33
1.5 Icelandp. 43
1.6 Lithuaniap. 57
1.7 Estoniap. 67
1.8 European Russia and Byelorusp. 73
1.9 Polandp. 95
1.10 Czech Republicp. 107
1.11 Slovakiap. 117
1.12 Hungaryp. 139
1.13 Romaniap. 155
1.14 Bulgariap. 167
1.15 Moldaviap. 183
1.16 Ukrainep. 199
1.17 Austriap. 205
1.18 Germanyp. 213
1.19 Switzerlandp. 231
1.20 Italyp. 245
1.21 Albaniap. 263
1.22 Serbia and Montenegrop. 271
1.23 Greecep. 279
1.24 Macedoniap. 289
1.25 Sloveniap. 297
1.26 Spainp. 311
1.27 Spain: Canary Islandsp. 347
1.28 Portugalp. 359
1.29 Francep. 369
1.30 Belgiump. 385
1.31 The Netherlandsp. 413
1.32 Luxembourgp. 427
1.33 Britainp. 439
1.34 Irelandp. 455
Section 2

p. 463

Introduction
2.1 Past Soil Erosion in Europep. 465
Soil Erosion Processes
2.2 Soil Erosion in Europe: Major Processes, Causes and Consequencesp. 479
2.3 Soil Surface Crusting and Structure Slumping in Europep. 489
2.4 Sheet and Rill Erosionp. 501
2.5 Gully Erosion in Europep. 515
2.6 Piping Hazard on Collapsible and Dispersive Soils in Europep. 537
2.7 Wind Erosionp. 563
2.8 Shallow Landslidingp. 583
2.9 Tillage Erosionp. 599
2.10 Soil Losses due to Crop Harvesting in Europep. 609
2.11 Erosion of Uncultivated Landp. 623
2.12 Land Levellingp. 643
Risk Assessment and Prediction
2.13 Pan-European Soil Erosion Assessment and Mapsp. 661
2.14 Assessing the Modified Fournier Index and the Precipitation Concentration Index for Some European Countriesp. 675
2.15 Pan-European Soil Erodibility Assessmentp. 685
2.16 Modelling Soil Erosion in Europep. 695
2.17 Existing Soil Erosion Data Setsp. 717
2.18 Impacts of Environmental Changes on Soil Erosion Across Europep. 729
2.19 Muddy Floodsp. 743
Off-site Impacts and Responses
2.20 Reservoir and Pond Sedimentation in Europep. 759
2.21 Off-site Impacts of Erosion: Eutrophication as an Examplep. 775
2.22 Economic Frame for Soil Conservation Policiesp. 791
2.23 Government and Agency Response to Soil Erosion Risk in Europep. 805
2.24 Agri-environment Measures and Soil Erosion in Europep. 829
Indexp. 841
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