Prevention and management of soil erosion and torrential floods

"Chapter contributors to this publication discuss about the importance of the prevention and management practices of soil erosion and torrential floods, with respect to the exchange of knowledge and best practices with the aim to add value in sharing knowledge among different stakeholders to pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Milutinović, Slobodan, Živkovic, Snezana, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hershey, PA IGI Global, Engineering Science Reference, [2022]
Series:Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies (AEEGT) book series.
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/3124125.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Environmental protection and quality of life
  • Chapter 2. Natural disasters and risk management: a theoretical overview
  • Chapter 3. Strategic and legal framework of torrential flood control in some western Balkan and EU countries
  • Chapter 4. Prioritization of soil erosion-susceptible sub-watersheds using multi-criteria decision method in the lesser Himalayas
  • Chapter 5. Prevention of soil erosion and torrential floods
  • Chapter 6. Environmental consequences of soil erosion
  • Chapter 7. The role of polyculture in sustainable agricultural development and prevention of land degradation
  • Chapter 8. Wind erosion, climate change, and shelterbelts
  • Chapter 9. The importance of proper dam maintenance due to the increase of torrential floods in the face of climate change
  • Chapter 10. Torrent monitoring and early warning systems development: application and lessons learned
  • Chapter 11. Response of erosion to environmental and climate changes during the anthropocene within the endorheic system of mhabeul, southeastern Tunisia
  • Chapter 12. Sedimentary dynamics within the sedimentary filling of Sebkha Sidi el Hani, eastern Tunisia: climatic variability and its effect on erosion
  • Chapter 13. Torrential floods and soil erosion: review on characteristic examples and prevention praxis in the Republic of Serbia.