Soil Erosion and Shallow Landslides: Prediction of the Phenomena and Measures of Sediments Delivery

Dear Colleagues,

Rill–inter-rill erosion, piping, gully erosion, and the formation of badlands and shallow landslides are the most important forms of soil loss that can be observed all over the world. This interplay of runoff and gravitational processes leads to the loss of fertile soils, the modification of the landscape, and damages to agricultural activities and to infrastructures. The mapping and prediction of these phenomena of soil loss becomes increasingly important also in terms of informing climate change adaptation strategies. In recent decades, scientific efforts have included (i) the classification of erosional and shallow landslide landforms, (ii) the preparation of inventory maps, (iii) the analysis of susceptibility and hazard toward these phenomena, and (iv) the application of techniques to measure soil loss and sediment delivery. However, soil erosion and shallow slope instabilities remain crucial geo-ecological and geomorphological issues, and targeted studies are fundamental to adapt models and to identify the appropriate combination of strategies in each affected area to reduce vulnerability toward these phenomena.

This Special Issue aims at collecting new developments and methodologies, best practices, and applications of techniques for the prediction of soil erosion and shallow landslides and for the quantification of the sediment delivery induced by these phenomena. Without constraining the range of topics that are potentially suitable for inclusion in the Special Issue, we provide the following as examples:

• Soil erosion and shallow landslide mapping and classification;
• Analyses of predisposing and triggering factors of the abovementioned natural hazards, focusing also on the effects of climate change;
• Monitoring techniques of these phenomena, allowing to predict their occurrence;
• Models of spatiotemporal prediction, susceptibility, and hazard toward these phenomena;
• Field measurements and modeling of soil erosion and sediment mobilization due to runoff processes and shallow landslides;
• Innovative land use strategies to prevent soil erosion and shallow landslides in wide areas.

Dr. Massimiliano Bordoni
Dr. Alberto Bosino
Prof. Dr. Claudia Meisina
Prof. Dr. Michael Maerker
Dr. Milica Kašanin-Grubin
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Hardenbicker
Guest Editors

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• shallow landslides
• susceptibility
• hazard
• sediment dynamics
• field surveys
• sediment dynamics
• climate change