Terraced landscapes: From an old best practice to a potential hazard for soil degradation due to land abandonment

Anthropocene

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-25

  Tarolli, Paolo ^a   Preti, Federico ^b   Romano, Nunzio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land abandonment; Landslide; Lidar; Soil erosion risk; Terraces

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TERRACE;

AMALFI; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CHIANTI; CINQUE TERRE; ITALY; SALERNO; TUSCANY;

EID: 84916928483     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2014.03.002     Document Type: Review

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