The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services-goods and
resources-ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to …

Indices of connectivity are critical means for moving from qualitative to (semi-) quantitative
evaluations of material (eg, water, sediment and nutrients) transfer across the building …

For many years, scientists have tried to understand, describe and quantify water and
sediment fluxes, with associated substances like pollutants, at multiple scales. In the past …

In recent years the concept of connectivity has emerged in sediment management to
describe transfer of sediment from different sections of landscapes at various spatial and …

Soil erosion is a serious ecological and environmental problem, and the main cause of land
degradation in many ecosystems at global scale. Detachment of soil particles by raindrop …

Soil erosion is a threat to food security, especially in regions where the area of arable land is
shrinking dramatically because of soil degradation. Research on soil erosion expanded …

Slo** vineyards in the Mediterranean cultivated on bare soils show several types of
evidence of soil erosion processes. However, little is known about the key factors that …

Soil erosion in vineyards is considered as an environmental concern as it depletes soil
fertility and causes damage in the fields and downstream. High soil and water losses …

Flooding may damage important transportation infrastructures, such as roads, railways and
bridges, which need to be well planned and designed to be able to withstand current and …

Soil water erosion is a serious problem, especially in agricultural lands. Among these,
vineyards deserve attention, because they constitute for the Mediterranean areas a type of …