The evil of sluits: A re-assessment of soil erosion in the Karoo of South Africa as portrayed in century-old sources

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-105

  Rowntree, K M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental history; European settlement; Gully erosion; Karoo; Local knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTENNAS; LANDFORMS;

COMMON FEATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT; GULLY EROSION; KAROO; LAND DEGRADATION; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; SOIL EROSION; SOUTH AFRICA; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EROSION;

GROUND WATER;

EROSION CONTROL; GULLY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDOWNER; SOIL EROSION;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; FARMING SYSTEM; FODDER CROP; LANDSCAPE; RANGELAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEEP FARMING; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOUTH AFRICA; SURFACE SOIL; WRITING;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT; GULLY EROSION; KAROO; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84884544326     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.08.041     Document Type: Article

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