 Assessment of soil erosion risk in a typical Mediterranean environment using a high resolution RUSLE approach (Portofino promontory, NW-Italy)I. Rellini, C. Scopesi, S. Olivari, M. Firpo and M. Maerker Journal of Maps, 2019, vol. 15, issue 2, 356-362 Abstract: Particularly the Liguria region in Northern Italy is highly affected by soil erosion processes. This study was conducted in the Portofino promontory in eastern Liguria, to predict potential annual soil loss using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). Moreover, we evaluate the relative accuracy of the predictions at detailed scale, using high resolution spatial information for model calibration. The RUSLE factors were calculated for the study area based on terrain survey data and rain gauge measurements. The results were plotted on a 1:10,000 scale soil erosion map and subsequently compared with the European soil loss estimation method (RUSLE2015) developed by the European Joined Research Centre. This study shows that the RUSLE2015 model can be applied in a typical Mediterranean environment such as the Portofino promontory. However, the accuracy of the single factors we calculated using high resolution data sets might improve the results substantially and thus, also model efficiency. Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:15:y:2019:i:2:p:356-362 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2019.1599452 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Maps is currently edited by Dr Mike Smith, Dr Jeremy Porter and Dr Dick Berg More articles in Journal of Maps from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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