The relationship between land use and soil erosion in the communal lands near Peddie town, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-49

  Kakembo, V ^a   Rowntree, K M ^b  

^a VISTA UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communal lands; Extreme rainfall events; Gully erosion; Land abandonment; Land use change

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EROSION; RIVERS;

LAND ABANDONMENT;

LAND USE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GULLY EROSION; LAND USE; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION;

CULTIVATION; EROSION; LAND USE; RIVERS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037284275     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.509     Document Type: Article

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