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Incorporating environmental externalities in total factor productivity analysis : the case of soil erosion in Nigerian agriculture

Chuku, Chuku Agbai - In: Journal of economic research 21 (2016) 2, pp. 231-265

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Trend analysis of the rainfall erosivity index at different time scales in Iran

Sadeghi, Seyed; Hazbavi, Zeinab - In: Natural Hazards 77 (2015) 1, pp. 383-404

The minute study of the magnitude of changeability and the trend of the rainfall erosivity index has not been taken carried out yet in Iran. The present research therefore aimed to analyze the trends of the rainfall erosivity index as an initial step in the study of the consequences of climatic...

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Hydrological benefits in the context of Brazilian environmental services program

Rodrigues, Dulce; Oliveira, Paulo; Sobrinho, Teodorico Alves - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 15 (2013) 4, pp. 1037-1048

The Brazilian program of payment for environmental services (PES) is based on ranges of potential erosion decrease (ED) from soil and water conservation proposals estimated from the Universal Soil Loss Equation. Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) result in many alterations of the basin...

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Integration of GIS and remote sensing for estimation of soil loss and prioritization of critical sub-catchments: a case study of Tapacurá catchment

Silva, Richarde; Montenegro, Suzana; Santos, Celso - In: Natural Hazards 62 (2012) 3, pp. 953-970

objective of this study was to assess and identify critical sub-catchments for soil conservation management using the USLE, GIS …

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Modelling Sediment Input to Surface Waters for German States with MEPhos: Methodology, Sensitivity and Uncertainty

Tetzlaff, Björn; Wendland, Frank - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 1, pp. 165-184

severely affected by erosion and to identify sediment source areas. For this purpose, the ABAG, an adaptation of the USLE …

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Estimation of spatial patterns of soil erosion using remote sensing and GIS: a case study of Indravati catchment

Vemu, Sreenivasulu; Pinnamaneni, Udaya - In: Natural Hazards 59 (2011) 3, pp. 1299-1315

study, USLE is used to estimate potential soil erosion from river Indravati catchment. Both magnitude and spatial … distribution of potential soil erosion in the catchment is determined. The derived soil loss map from USLE model is classified into …

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Estimation of Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield During Individual Rainstorms at Catchment Scale

Wang, Guoqiang; Hapuarachchi, Prasantha; Ishidaira, Hiroshi - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 8, pp. 1447-1465

model structure of BTOPMC, a modified form of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) was incorporated as a core module of … the USLE equation and consequent modifications were made to the soil erodibility and slope length factors. A concept of …

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Soil Erosion Assessment in a Hilly Catchment of North Eastern India Using USLE, GIS and Remote Sensing

Dabral, P.; Baithuri, Neelakshi; Pandey, Ashish - In: Water Resources Management 22 (2008) 12, pp. 1783-1798

processing software) provided spatial input data and the USLE was used to predict the spatial distribution of the average annual …

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Identification of critical erosion prone areas in the small agricultural watershed using USLE, GIS and remote sensing

Pandey, Ashish; Chowdary, V.; Mal, B. - In: Water Resources Management 21 (2007) 4, pp. 729-746

Soil Loss Equation (USLE). In general, a major limitation in the use of hydrological models has been their inability to …) provided spatial input data to the erosion model, while the USLE was used to predict the spatial distribution of the sediment …

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Estimation of Potential Soil Erosion for River Perkerra Catchment in Kenya

Onyando, J.; Kisoyan, P.; Chemelil, M. - In: Water Resources Management 19 (2005) 2, pp. 133-143

present study, Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) was used in conjunction with GIS Arc/Info and Integrated Land and Water …

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