Spatial Techniques for Soil Erosion Estimation Remote Sensing and GIS Approach /

• Main Author: Patil, Rupesh Jayaram (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in GIS,
• Subjects: Geographical information systems.; Hydrology.; Civil engineering.; Geomorphology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Civil Engineering.

This book presents a novel computation of the topographic LS factor of the USLE model to estimate spatial soil erosion. In developing countries, soil erosion is one of the main concerns as it adversely affects agriculture and reduces food production. Therefore, the author presents a particularly rel...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Usle - Gis Based Soil Erosion Assessment: An Overview
• Study Area and Data Collection
• Spatial Techniques for Soil Erosion Estimation
• Distributed Soil Erosion Modelling
• Summary, Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Work.