Soil loss, water ponding and sediment deposition variations as a consequence of rainfall intensity and land use: A multi-criteria analysis

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-216

  Svoray, Tal ^a   Ben Said, Shimon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erosion; GIS; Land degradation; Multicriteria analysis; Pair wise comparison

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; COMPLEX TASK; DATA GATHERING; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; RAINFALL INTENSITY; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL LOSS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TERRAIN ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER PONDING;

CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; PONDING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77649143653     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1901     Document Type: Article

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