Journal article
Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art
Earth-Science Reviews, Vol.218, pp.1-34
2021
Abstract
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion. However, our ability to assess and simulate gully erosion and its impacts remains very limited. This is especially so at regional to continental scales. As a result, gullying is often overlooked in policies and land and catchment management strategies. Nevertheless, significant progress has been made over the past decades. Based on a review of >590 scientific articles and policy documents, we provide a state-of-the-art on our ability to monitor, model and manage gully erosion at regional to continental scales. In this review we discuss the relevance and need of assessing gully erosion at regional to continental scales (Section 1); current methods to monitor gully erosion as well as pitfalls and opportunities to apply them at larger scales (section 2); field-based gully erosion research conducted in Europe and European Russia (section 3); model approaches to simulate gully erosion and its contribution to catchment sediment yields at large scales (section 4); data products that can be used for such simulations (section 5); and currently existing policy tools and needs to address the problem of gully erosion (section 6). Section 7 formulates a series of recommendations for further research and policy development, based on this review. While several of these sections have a strong focus on Europe, most of our findings and recommendations are of global significance.
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- Title
- Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art
- Authors
- Matthias Vanmaercke (Author) - University of LiègePanos Panagos (Author) - Joint Research CentreTom Vanwalleghem (Author) - University of CórdobaAntonio Hayas (Author) - University of CórdobaSaskia Foerster (Author) - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for GeosciencesPasquale Borrelli (Author) - University of PaviaMauro Rossi (Author) - Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione IdrogeologicaDino Torri (Author) - Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione IdrogeologicaJavier Casali (Author) - Universidad Publica de NavarraLorenzo Borselli (Author) - Autonomous University of San Luis PotosíOlga Vigiak (Author) - Joint Research CentreMichael Maerker (Author) - University of PaviaNigussie Haregeweyn (Author) - Tottori UniversitySofie De Geeter (Author) - University of LiègeWojciech Zglobicki (Author) - Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityCharles Bielders (Author) - UCLouvainArtemi Cerda (Author) - Universitat de ValènciaChristian Conoscenti (Author) - University of PalermoTomas de Figueiredo (Author) - Instituto Politécnico de BragançaBob Evans (Author) - Anglia Ruskin UniversityValentin Golosov (Author) - Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityIon Ionita (Author) - Alexandru Ioan Cuza UniversityChristos Karydas (Author) - Ecodevelopment SAAdam Kertész (Author) - Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth SciencesJosef Krasa (Author) - Czeck Technical Univeristy in PragueCaroline Le Bouteiller (Author) - Université Grenoble AlpesMaria Radoane (Author) - Ştefan cel Mare University of SuceavaRatko Ristić (Author) - University of BelgradeSvetla Rousseva (Author) - Institute of Soil Science “Nikola Poushkarov”Milos Stankoviansky (Author) - Comenius University BratislavaJannes Stolte (Author) - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchChristian Stolz (Author) - Europa-Universität FlensburgRebecca Bartley (Author) - CSIRO Land and WaterScott Wilkinson (Author) - CSIRO Land and WaterBen Jarihani (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research CentreJean Poesen (Author) - Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
- Publication details
- Earth-Science Reviews, Vol.218, pp.1-34
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103637
- ISSN
- 1872-6828
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99526507402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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