240 research outputs found
The effect of catchment area and flashfloods on controlling sediment export of the Geba catchment, northern Ethiopia
Numerical modelling of the effects of change in river channel morphology on flooding frequency in the Dijle valley, Belgium, using TELEMAC-2D modelling system
Hydrodynamic
Hydro-morphodynamic modelling of the Dijle Valley [Belgium] under land-use/land-cover changes
Hydrodynamic
The Scenic Beauty of Geosites and Its Relation to Their Scientific Value and Geoscience Knowledge of Tourists: A Case Study from Southeastern Spain
Scenic beauty is one of the most-commonly used indicators in the inventory and assessment
of geosites for geoconservation, geoheritage management and geotourism development. It is an
important driver of tourists to visit natural areas and it also provides support for the protection of
natural heritage. Previous studies on scenic beauty mainly focused on landscape preference and
physical characteristics of geosites that affect scenic beauty appreciation. The relationships between
the scenic beauty of geosites, their scientific value and the geoscience knowledge of tourists has
not been empirically investigated in detail. Hence, this study investigates this relationship using
34 geosites from southeastern Spain. For this purpose, 29 respondents with a geoscience background
and who all visited the 34 geosites, 43 respondents with a geoscience background but who did not
visit the geosites, and 104 respondents with no geoscience background and who did not visit the
geosites, participated in a survey. The first group rated the scenic beauty and the scientific value
of the geosites based on a direct field visit during which the scientific background of these geosites
was given. On the other hand, the latter two groups rated scenic beauty using representative photos
of the geosites. A five-point Likert scale was used to rate the scenic beauty and the scientific value
of the geosites. We found a significant relationship between the scenic beauty of geosites and their
scientific value, and this relationship becomes more significant if the geoscientific knowledge of the
respondents increases. One-way ANOVA results indicated that a geoscience background contributed
to higher perceived scenic beauty, especially for those geosites that in general were considered as
more scenic by all the respondent groups. It was also found that geosites with viewpoints received in
general higher scenic beauty and scientific value ratings
Quantification of floodplain sediment storage for an upland river catchment in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia
EUSEDcollab: a network of data from European catchments to monitor net soil erosion by water
As a network of researchers we release an open-access database (EUSEDcollab) of water discharge and suspended sediment yield time series records collected in small to medium sized catchments in Europe. EUSEDcollab is compiled to overcome the scarcity of open-access data at relevant spatial scales for studies on runoff, soil loss by water erosion and sediment delivery. Multi-source measurement data from numerous researchers and institutions were harmonised into a common time series and metadata structure. Data reuse is facilitated through accompanying metadata descriptors providing background technical information for each monitoring station setup. Across ten European countries, EUSEDcollab covers over 1600 catchment years of data from 245 catchments at event (11 catchments), daily (22 catchments) and monthly (212 catchments) temporal resolution, and is unique in its focus on small to medium catchment drainage areas (median=43km2, min=0.04km2, max=817km2) with applicability for soil erosion research. We release this database with the aim of uniting people, knowledge and data through the European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO)
Holocene demographic fluctuations, climate and erosion in the Mediterranean: A meta data-analysis
As part of the Changing the Face of the Mediterranean Project, we consider how human pressure and concomitant erosion has affected a range of Mediterranean landscapes between the Neolithic and, in some cases, the post-medieval period. Part of this assessment comprises an investigation of relationships among palaeodemographic data, evidence for vegetation change and some consideration of rapid climate change events. The erosion data include recent or hitherto unpublished work from the authors. Where possible, we consider summed probabilities of 14C dates as well as the first published synthesis of all known optically stimulated luminescence dated sequences. The results suggest that while there were some periods when erosion took place contemporaneously across a number of regions, possibly induced by climate changes, more often than not, we see a complex and heterogeneous interplay of demographic and environmental changes that result in a mixed pattern of erosional activity across the Mediterranean
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