"Soil Erosion: Rainfall Erosivity and Risk Assessment" ed. by Vlassios Hrissanthou, Konstantinos Kaffas

This volume is dedicated to the soil erosion problems, the soil erosion risk and risk management.

In the first section of this book on soil erosion, an introduction to the soil erosion problem is presented. In the first part of the second section, rainfall erosivity is estimated on the basis of pluviograph records and cumulative rainfall depths by means of empirical equations and machine learning methods. In the second part of the second section, a physically-based, hydrodynamic, finite element model is described for the computation of surface runoff and channel flows. In the first part of the third section, the soil erosion risk is assessed in two different basins. In the second part of the third section, the soil erosion risk management in a basin is evaluated, and the delimitation of the areas requiring priority planning is achieved.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Soil Erosion at a Glance
2.Rainfall Erosivity and Its Estimation: Conventional and Machine Learning Methods
3.Simulation of Surface Runoff and Channel Flows Using a 2D Numerical Model
4.Evaluating Differences of Erosion Patterns in Natural and Anthropogenic Basins through Scenario Testing: A Case Study of the Claise, France and Nahr Ibrahim, Lebanon
5.Spatial Analysis of the Erosive Hazard of Soils and Natural Risks of Reservoir Siltation