Integrated policy approach to mitigate soil erosion in West Flanders

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-96

  Verspecht, A ^a   Vandermeulen, V ^a   De Bolle, S ^a   Moeskops, B ^a   Vermang, J ^a   Van Den Bossche, A ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, G ^a   De Neve, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Awareness; Belgium; Conservation practices; Policy; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AWARENESS; AWARENESS RAISING; BELGIUM; ECONOMIC LOSS; EROSION PROBLEM; FLANDERS; POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; RIVER BASINS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SMALL STREAMS; SOIL CRUSTING; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EROSION CONTROL; PERCEPTION; POLICY APPROACH; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

BELGIUM; WEST FLANDERS;

EID: 79251527557     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.991     Document Type: Article

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