**Meet the editors**

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, land surveying with GPS or Laser Scanners and data analysis by R programming. 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. Outside his research and professional activities, he carries on his passion for mountain by practising hiking, snowshoeing and climbing. Additionally, he is a, martial arts and self-defence, instructor.

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 VII**

Chapter 1 **Prediction of Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion at Watershed Scale: Analysis of the AnnAGNPS Model in Different**

Feliciana Licciardello and Santo Marcello Zimbone

Chapter 2 **Optimization of Soil Erosion and Flood Control Systems in the**

Demetrio Antonio Zema, Giuseppe Bombino, Pietro Denisi,

Adam Pike, Tom Mueller, Eduardo Rienzi, Surendran Neelakantan, Blazan Mijatovic, Tasos Karathanasis and Marcos Rodrigues

**Environmental Conditions 3**

**Process of Land Consolidation 33**

**Heavy Rainfall Events Occur? 65**

Chapter 5 **Modeling of Soil Erosion and Its Implication to**

**Forest Management 89** Nuray Misir and Mehmet Misir

Chapter 6 **Change of Soil Surface Roughness of Splash Erosion Process 101** Zicheng Zheng and Shuqin He

Miroslav Dumbrovsky and Svatopluk Korsuň

Chapter 3 **Terrain Analysis for Locating Erosion Channels: Assessing LiDAR Data and Flow Direction Algorithm 45**

Chapter 4 **Soil Erosion After Wildfires in Portugal: What Happens When**

L. Lourenço, A. N. Nunes, A. Bento-Gonçalves and A. Vieira

**Section 1 Soil Erosion 1**
