A tool for rapid assessment of erosion risk to support decision-making and policy development at the Ngenge watershed in Uganda

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Mutekanga, Fiona P ^a,b   Visser, Saskia M ^a   Stroosnijder, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Erosion risk; Rainfall; Rapid assessment; Remote sensing; Slope; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

EROSION RISK; RAINFALL; RAPID ASSESSMENT; SLOPE; VEGETATION COVER;

CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; FOOD SUPPLY; LANDFORMS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; EROSION RATE; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE; MAPPING METHOD; NATURAL RESOURCE; NDVI; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

UGANDA;

EID: 78649403706     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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