The BORASSUS Project: Aims, objectives and preliminary insights into the environmental and socio-economic contribution of biogeotextiles to sustainable development and soil conservation

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 102, Issue , 2007, Pages 601-610

  Booth, C A ^a   Fullen, M A ^a   Sarsby, R W ^a   Davies, K ^a   Kurgan, R ^a   Bhattacharyya, R ^a   Poesen, J ^b   Smets, T ^b   Kertesz A ^c   Toth A ^c   Szalai, Z ^c   Jakab, G ^c   Kozma, K ^c   Jankauskas, B ^d   Trimirka, V ^d   Jankauskiene, G ^d   Buhmann C ^e   Paterson, G ^e   Mulibana, E ^e   Nell, J P ^e   Van Der Merwe, G M E ^e   Guerra, A J T ^f   Mendonca J K S ^f   Guerra, T T ^f   Sathler, R ^f   Yi, Z ^g   Yongmei, L ^g   Panomtarachichigul, M ^h   Peukrai, S ^h   Thu, D C ⁱ   Cuong, T H ⁱ   Toan, T T ⁱ   Jonsyn Ellis, F ^j   Jallow, S ^j   Cole, A ^j   Mulholland, B ^k   Dearlove, M ^k   Corkhill, C ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^d LIA   (Lithuania)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Viet Nam)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA   (Gambia)

^k Duchy Agricultural College   (United Kingdom)

^l Centre for Manx Studies   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bioengineering technology; Socio economic development; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIELDWORK; LABORATORY METHOD; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 36148998775     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SDP070582     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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2. Davies, K., Fullen, M.A., & Booth, C.A., A pilot project on the potential contribution of palm-mat geotextiles to soil conservation. Earth Surface Processes & Landforms, 31, pp 561-569, 2006.
3. Guerra, A., Marcal, M., Polivanov, H., Sathler, R., Mendonça, J., Guerra, T., Bezerra, F., Furtado, M., Lima, N., Souza, U., Feitosa, A., Davies, K., Fullen, M.A., & Booth, C.A., Environmental management and health risks of soil erosion gullies in São Luis (Brazil) and their potential remediation using palm-leaf geotextiles, In: Environmental Health Risk III, (Editors) C.A Brebbia, V. Popov & D. Fayzieva, WIT Press: Southampton (UK), pp 459-467, 2005.
4. Fullen, M.A., Booth, C.A., Sarsby, R.W., Davies, K., Bhattacharyya, R., Poesen, J., Smets, T., Kertesz, A., Toth, A., Szalai, Z., Jakab, G., Kozma, K., Jankauskas, B., Trimirka, V., Jankauskiene, G., Buhmann, C., Paterson, G., Guerra, A.J.T., Mendonça, J.K.S., Zheng Yi, Li Yongmei, Panomtarachichigul, M., Dao Chau Thu, Tran Huu Cuong, Traong Thi loan, Jonsyn-Ellis, F., Corkhill, C., Mulholland, B., & Dearlove, M., The potential contribution of palm mat geotextiles to soil conservation and sustainable development. In: Soil and Water Conservation under Changing Land Use (Editors) J.A. Martinez-Casasnovas, I. Pla Sentis, M.C.R. Martin & J.C.B. Solanes, Universitat de Lleida Press, pp 303-306, 2006.