Cost-Effectiveness of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on the Catchment Sediment Budget-The Laaba Watershed Case Study, Burkina Faso

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 737-747

  Grimaldi, S ^a,c   Angeluccetti, I ^a,c   Coviello, V ^b,c   Vezza, P ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Land and water management; Reservoir siltation; Sahel; Soil erosion; SWC measures

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EROSION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BURKINA FASO; LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIR SILTATIONS; SAHEL; SOIL EROSION; SWC MEASURES;

COSTS;

CATCHMENT; COST ANALYSIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SILTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; YATENGA;

EID: 84944541103     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2212     Document Type: Article

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