Overview
- Provides details of research methods and data on processes and assessment of vegetation effectiveness in soil erosion control
- Demonstrates how this innovative approach can be implemented
- Explains the advantages of this spatially targeted, landscape approach
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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About the authors
Professor Janet Hooke geomorphologist, hydrologist and physical geographer with research interests in catchment processes and dynamics, flood incidence and impacts, connectivity, vegetation-flow interactions; impact of environmental and hydrological changes; catchment and channel management; sustainable management of catchments. Research on sustainable management of erosion and land degradation. Applied projects in coastal processes and sediment systems; sustainable management strategies on coasts.
· International reputation for geomorphological and landscape dynamics research.· Extensive publications on fluvial environments and environmental management.
· 30 years experience of field-based research projects.
· Research Group leader, and director of major research projects
· Chair succession, British Society for Geomorphology 1998-2001, Hon. Sec. 1989-92· On Editorial Board of journals Geomorphology and Catena
· Coordinator of EU project RECONDES examining spatial strategies of mitigating land degradation; production of practical guidelines
· Projects on geomorphological sensitivity and opportunities for channel restoration and flood mitigation of channel instability in Britain and implications for policy; evaluation of strategies for conservation of fluvial scientific sites.
· Research into effects of vegetation in channels and catchments and use in management of erosion and sedimentation in semi-arid lands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Combating Desertification and Land Degradation
Book Subtitle: Spatial Strategies Using Vegetation
Authors: Janet Hooke, Peter Sandercock
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44451-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44449-9Published: 17 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44451-2Published: 09 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5547
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5555
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 135
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Climate Change Management and Policy, Hydrology/Water Resources, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Ecology, Agriculture