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Soil-Water Conservation, Erosion, and Landslide

Soil-Water Conservation, Erosion, and Landslide

Hardcover

Environmental StudiesGeneral Science

ISBN10: 3036534326
ISBN13: 9783036534329
Publisher: Mdpi AG
Published: Mar 14 2022
Pages: 392
Weight: 2.29
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

The predicted climate change is likely to cause extreme storm events and, subsequently, catastrophic disasters, including soil erosion, debris and landslide formation, loss of life, etc. In the decade from 1976, natural disasters affected less than a billion lives. These numbers have surged in the last decade alone. It is said that natural disasters have affected over 3 billion lives, killed on average 750,000 people, and cost more than 600 billion US dollars. Of these numbers, a greater proportion are due to sediment-related disasters, and these numbers are an indication of the amount of work still to be done in the field of soil erosion, conservation, and landslides. Scientists, engineers, and planners are all under immense pressure to develop and improve existing scientific tools to model erosion and landslides and, in the process, better conserve the soil. Therefore, the purpose of this Special Issue is to improve our knowledge on the processes and mechanics of soil erosion and landslides. In turn, these will be crucial in developing the right tools and models for soil and water conservation, disaster mitigation, and early warning systems.

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