Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges

The definitive version is available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X13003073#

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Autores: García-Ruiz, José María, Nadal-Romero, Estela, Lana-Renault, Noemí, Beguería, Santiago
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palavra-chave:Erosion
Badlands
Land use changes
Intensification
Land abandonment
Mediterranean landscapes
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
title Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
spellingShingle Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
García-Ruiz, José María
Erosion
Badlands
Land use changes
Intensification
Land abandonment
Mediterranean landscapes
title_short Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
title_full Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
title_fullStr Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
title_full_unstemmed Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
title_sort Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García-Ruiz, José María
Nadal-Romero, Estela
Lana-Renault, Noemí
Beguería, Santiago
author García-Ruiz, José María
author_facet García-Ruiz, José María
Nadal-Romero, Estela
Lana-Renault, Noemí
Beguería, Santiago
author_role author
author2 Nadal-Romero, Estela
Lana-Renault, Noemí
Beguería, Santiago
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Erosion
Badlands
Land use changes
Intensification
Land abandonment
Mediterranean landscapes
topic Erosion
Badlands
Land use changes
Intensification
Land abandonment
Mediterranean landscapes
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spelling Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challengesGarcía-Ruiz, José MaríaNadal-Romero, EstelaLana-Renault, NoemíBeguería, SantiagoErosionBadlandsLand use changesIntensificationLand abandonmentMediterranean landscapesThe definitive version is available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X13003073#[EN] Intense erosion processes are widespread in the Mediterranean region, and include sheet wash erosion, rilling, gullying, shallow landsliding, and the development of large and active badlands in both subhumid and semi-arid areas. This review analyses the main environmental and human features related to soil erosion processes, and the main factors that explain the extreme variability of factors influencing soil erosion, particularly recent land use changes. The importance of erosion in the Mediterranean is related to the long history of human activity in a region characterized by low levels of annual precipitation, the occurrence of intense rainstorms and long-lasting droughts, high evapotranspiration, the presence of steep slopes and the occurrence of recent tectonic activity, together with the recurrent use of fire, overgrazing and farming. These factors have resulted in a complex landscape in which intensification and abandonment, wealth and poverty can co-exist. The changing conditions of national and international markets and the evolution of population pressure are now the main drivers explaining land use changes, including farmland abandonment in mountain areas, the expansion of some subsidized crops to marginal lands, and the development of new terraces affected by landslides and intense soil erosion during extreme rainstorm events. The occurrence of human-related forest fires affecting thousands of hectares each year is a significant problem in both the northern and southern areas of the Mediterranean basin. Here, we highlight the rise of new scientific challenges in controlling the negative consequences of soil erosion in the Mediterranean region: 1) to reduce the effects and extent of forest fires, and restructure the spatial organization of abandoned landscapes; 2) to provide guidance for making the EU agricultural policy more adapted to the complexity and fragility of Mediterranean environments; 3) to develop field methods and models to improve the identification of runoff and sediment contributing areas; 4) to contribute to the conservation of landscapes (i.e. bench-terraced fields) having high cultural and productivity values; 5) to improve knowledge of the hydrological and geomorphological functioning of badlands, with the aim of reducing sediment yield and accessibility; 6) to better understand the effect of climate change on soil erosion in the Mediterranean region; and 7) to improve quantitative information on long-term soil erosion.Support for this research was provided by the projects INDICA (CGL2011- 27753-C02-01 and -02), HIDROCAES (CGL2011-27574-C02-01) and DISDROSPEC (CGL2011-24815), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF-FEDER), ACQWA (FP7-ENV- 2007-1-212250), financed by the European Commission, and an agreement between the CSIC and the Spanish Ministry of Environment (RESEL). The Geomorphology and Global Change research group was financed by the Aragón Government and the European Social Fund (ESF-FSE). E. Nadal-Romero and N. Lana-Renault benefited from a research contract (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Programme Juan de la Cierva). The authors acknowledge the comments from Prof. Mike Fullen and an anonymous referee, as well as the editorial labour from Prof. Takashi Oguchi.Peer reviewedElsevier201320132013info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/78823reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/212250http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.05.023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/788232026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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