Combating desertification and land degradation : spatial strategies using vegetation /: spatial strategies using vegetation. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Janet Hooke, Peter Sandercock ; with contributions by G.G. Barberá [and fifteen others].
• Authors: Hooke, J. M (Janet M.); Sandercock, Peter; Barberá, G. G
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Context and Problem; 1.2 Processes and Connectivity Concept; 1.3 Benefits of Use of Vegetation; 1.4 Approach; 1.5 Research Design and Study Area; 1.5.1 General Catchment Characteristics; 1.5.2 Monitoring Programme and Hydrological Conditions; 1.6 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Mechanisms of Degradation and Identification of Connectivity and Erosion Hotspots; 2.1 Soil Erosion and Degradation in Desertified Mediterranean Lands; 2.2 Processes; 2.3 Connectivity Concept and Methods; 2.4 Methods and Results at Various Scales. 2.4.1 Plot Scale2.4.2 Land Unit Scale; 2.4.2.1 Reforested Land; 2.4.2.2 Rainfed Cropland; 2.4.2.3 Abandoned Land and Semi-Natural Areas; 2.4.3 Sub-Catchment Scale; 2.4.4 Channels; 2.4.5 Catchment; 2.5 Conclusions; Chapter 3: Conditions for Growth of Plants; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Types of Plants in Mediterranean Environment and Land Units; 3.2.1 Reforested Lands; 3.2.2 Rainfed Croplands; 3.2.3 Abandoned Lands; 3.2.4 All Land Units; 3.2.5 Hillslopes and Gullies; 3.2.6 Channels; 3.3 Assessment of Conditions for Plants; 3.3.1 Reforested Lands; 3.3.2 Croplands. 3.3.3 Semi-Natural and Abandoned Lands3.3.4 Channels; 3.4 Summary of Results on Required Conditions and Implications for Restoration; Chapter 4: Effectiveness of Plants and Vegetation in Erosion Control and Restoration; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Land Units; 4.2.1 Cover Crops; 4.2.1.1 Identification of a Climatic Threshold; 4.2.1.2 Experimental Field Study; 4.2.1.3 Water Balance and Runoff Modelling; 4.2.2 Semi-Natural, Abandoned and Reforested Lands; 4.3 Role of Plants in Reducing Concentrated Flow Erosion Rates; 4.3.1 Laboratory and Flume Experiments; 4.3.1.1 Results; 4.3.2 Field Measurements. 4.3.3 Assessment of Stem Density and Trapping Effectiveness4.3.4 Laboratory Root Tensile Strength and Stem Bending Tests; 4.3.5 Synthesis; 4.4 Effects of Vegetation in Channels; 4.4.1 Roughness and Hydraulics; 4.5 Summary; Chapter 5: Synthesis and Application of Spatial Strategies for Use of Vegetation to Minimise Connectivity; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Application at Hierarchical Scales; 5.2.1 Land Unit Scale; 5.2.1.1 Reforested Lands; 5.2.1.2 Rainfed Croplands; 5.2.1.3 Semi-Natural and Abandoned Lands; 5.2.2 Hillslopes and Gullies; 5.2.3 Channels; 5.2.4 Catchment Scale and Synthesis. 5.3 Guidelines5.4 Summary; 5.5 Wider Application and Global Implications; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.73/616; Geography; Desertification -- Control; Land degradation -- Control; Physical geography; Soil conservation; Plant Ecology; Agriculture; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Desertification -- Control; Land degradation -- Control; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- General; The environment; Hydrology & the hydrosphere; Soil science, sedimentology; Plant ecology; Agricultural science; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Physical geography & topography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319444512; 3319444514
• Related ISBNs: 9783319444499; 3319444492
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