Special Issue "Assessment and Monitoring of Land Degradation"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil Conservation and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 June 2022.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Cristian-Valeriu Patriche
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Guest Editor
Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch, Geographic Research Centre 20A Carol I, 700505 Iasi, Romania
Interests: soil erosion; landslides; pedometrics; climate change; GIS; geostatistics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Land degradation is becoming increasingly intense throughout the world against the background of climate change. More severe weather events enhance land degradation processes, causing consistent damages, financial losses, and even human casualties. The increasing human pressure on the environment is exacerbating this situation. There is a need to deepen our knowledge on the causes, manifestations, mechanisms, and interactions of land degradation processes, so as to improve their prediction, mitigate their effects, and formulate sustainable management strategies.

In this context, the purpose of this Special Issue is to provide more insight on land degradation processes at various space and time scales, by gathering valuable scientific contributions on the following topics:

  • Soil erosion: water erosion, wind erosion, rill and inter-rill erosion, gully erosion, erosion monitoring;
  • Landslides: landslide susceptibility and risk assessment, landslide monitoring;
  • Soil degradation processes: salinization/alkalization; compaction, acidification, fertility loss;
  • Droughts: drought assessment and monitoring, desertification;
  • Vegetation degradation: deforestations, forest fires, impact of land use change on land degradation;
  • Other land degradation processes (e.g., coastal erosion, soil pollution, biodiversity loss).

We especially welcome contributions aiming to develop new investigation tools for land degradation or to improve the existent methodologies, as well as studies focused on the impact of recent climate change on land degradation.

Dr. Cristian-Valeriu Patriche
Guest Editor

 

Keywords

  • land degradation
  • climate change, soil erosion
  • landslides
  • soil degradation
  • drought
  • desertification
  • vegetation degradation

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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