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#### **Preface XI**




Preface

management of natural resources.

planning and natural hazard prevention.

erosion under different tillage practices.

in Zimbabwe.

statistical analyses in determining erosion channel formation.

investigated through field surveys and GIS applications.

these planetary issues.

erosion phenomena.

Soil loss for erosion is a natural phenomenon in soil dynamics, influenced by climate, soil intrinsic properties, and morphology, that can both trigger and enhance the process. Anthropic activities, like inappropriate agricultural practices, deforestation, overgrazing, forest fires and construction activities, may exert a remarkable impact on erosion processes or, on the other hand, contribute to soil erosion mitigation through a sustainable

The phenomena is also exacerbated by socio economical dynamics and land management policies in developing or emerging countries, by global change and the interactions between

In this book we collected a series of papers on erosion, focusing on a variety of aspects of the

The book is the continuation of previously published "Soil Erosion Studies"; it is organized in a unique section, starting with a chapter by Zema et al. concerning the comparison between two watersheds and the application of runoff model results. The experiments are carried out in two different European areas, southern Italy and central Belgium. The second one, written by Dumbrovsky focuses on soil erosion and flood control systems for territorial

Pike e al., in the third one discuss about the application of terrain analysis and survey, obtained by various methodologies and sources, in erosion modelling, particularly applying

The fourth chapter, written by Lourenço et al. focuses on the enhancement of erosion processes after wildfires in Mediterranean environments (two catchments in Portugal),

In chapter five Misir and Misir introduce the topic of forest management and its close relation to soil erosion and its mitigation through sustainable practices. Similarly Zheng and He, in chapter six, deal with agricultural practices in a critical area of the world, concerning erosion, the Chinese Loess Plateau. They analyse, by experimental plots the effects of splash

Munodawafa in chapter sevenpresents the effects of land management practices on agricultural soils, determining the losses of fertility that can threaten seriously food security

Chapter 9 **Daily Flow Simulation Using Wetspa Model with Emphasize on Soil Erosion (Study Area: The Neka Catchment in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran) 173** Ali Haghizadeh
