Soil erosion risk scenarios in the Mediterranean environment using RUSLE and GIS: An application model for Calabria (southern Italy)

Geomorphology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 228-245

  Terranova, O ^a   Antronico, L ^a   Coscarelli, R ^a   Iaquinta, P ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Forest fire; Land management; Mediterranean environment; RUSLE; Scenario; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EROSION RATE; FOREST FIRE; GIS; RAINFALL; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; WATER EROSION; WILDFIRE;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69749086856     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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