**Meet the editors**

Dr. Danilo Godone holds a PhD in "Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences", doctorate's topic was cryosphere's phenomena monitoring by geomatic methodologies. Currently he is a PostDoc grant holder, at Turin University, studying geomatic contribution in land management and analysis. His main research interests are, however, landslide, glacier and, more generally, natural disasters monitoring. During his activities he has developed skills in GIS, also by developing customised tools by Visual Basic programming, and land surveying with GPS or Laser Scanners. He is a member of NATRISK - Research Centre on Natural Risks in Mountain and Hilly Environments, in the same University. He acts as a freelance consultant, in the same topics, for other research bodies, training agencies and professionals, too.

Dr. Silvia Stanchi holds a PhD in "Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences", with a focus on fractal theory approaches for the study of soil aggregation and structure. Currently, she is a PostDoc at Turin University working on soil hazards and vulnerability in mountain areas. Silvia Stanchi is a member of NATRISK - Research Centre on Natural Risks in Mountain and Hilly Environments, in the same University. She is actively involved in outreach and soil awareness raising activities targeting kids and the large public, and in international training activities focusing on mountain development and management.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Part 1 Arid and Semiarid Land Management 1** 

and Claudia Hitomi Watanabe

Chapter 2 **Soil Erosion Processes in Semiarid Areas:** 

**The Case of Greece 41**  Olga G. Christopoulou

Adélia Nobre Nunes

Chapter 4 **Soil Erosion Under Different Land Use and** 

Chapter 5 **Soil Erosion and Conservation Measures** 

Chapter 6 **Investigation of Effective Factors on Runoff** 

Chapter 7 **Plot-Scale Experimental Studies 151** 

Chapter 1 **Natural Potential for Erosion for Brazilian Territory 3**  Alexandre Marco da Silva, Clayton Alcarde Alvares

> **The Importance of Native Vegetation 25**  Rebeca Vásquez-Méndez, Eusebio Ventura-Ramos, Klavdia Oleschko, Luis Hernández-Sandoval and Miguel Angel Domínguez-Cortázar

Chapter 3 **Deforestation / Reforestation in Mediterranean Europe:** 

**Cover Types in a Marginal Area of Portugal 59** 

**in Semiarid Ecosystems Affected by Wildfires 87** 

**Part 2 Experimental Studies and Modeling Applications 111** 

S. Feiznia , M. Nohtani, H. Ahmadi and H. Peyrowan

Lúcio Flávio Ferreira Moreira, Flaviane de Oliveira Silva, Serena Chen, Herbert Tadeu de Almeida Andrade, José Hilário Tavares da Silva and Antonio Marozzi Righetto

David Badía, Clara Martí and Raquel Charte

**Generation and Sediment Yield of Loess Deposits Using Rainfall Simulator 113** 
