Integrated watershed management as an effective approach to curb land degradation: A case study of the enabered watershed in northern Ethiopia

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1219-1233

  Haregeweyn, Nigussie ^a,b   Berhe, Ademnur ^b   Tsunekawa, Atsushi ^a   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^a   Meshesha, Derege Tsegaye ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Drylands; Gully erosion; Land use and land cover change; Runoff; Sheet and rill erosion; Tigray

Indexed keywords

DRY LAND; GULLY EROSION; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; RILL EROSION; TIGRAY;

ECONOMICS; EROSION; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

RUNOFF;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHIOPIA; INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PLANTATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 84871268833     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9952-0     Document Type: Article

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