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Assessing riverbank collapse with lateral displacement of shoreline for ecologically friendly erosion-resistant solutions
Many alluvial rivers worldwide are plagued with significant geomorphology changes due to severe riverbank collapse. This study developed an approach for quantifying riverbank erosion and outlined a structure f...
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Future climate-zone shifts are threatening steep-slope agriculture
Steep-slope agricultural systems are important for food production worldwide. Here we provide a high-resolution global map of steep-slope agricultural landscapes and their spatial distribution in the Köppen–Ge...
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Landslides in Steep-Slope Agricultural Landscapes
Agricultural landscapes cover a significant part of the Earth. In floodplains, we can find large areas dedicated to intensive agriculture. However, also on hills and mountains, agricultural activity can be rel...
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Open AccessFarmers’ landslide risk perceptions and willingness for restoration and conservation of world heritage site of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, China
The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (China) is an ancient world heritage agricultural landscape that has been evolved in centuries as a result of farmers’ indigenous practices and knowledge. The area, however, is pr...
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Open AccessGeomorphometric characterisation of natural and anthropogenic land covers
The scientific community has widely discussed the role of abiotic and biotic forces in resha** the Earth’s surface. Currently, the literature is debating whether humans are leaving a topographic signature on...
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Introduction
This volume collects the best scientific contribution presented in the 3rd World Conference on Terraced Landscapes held in Italy from October 6–15, 2016, offering a deep and multifaceted insight into the remar...
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Terraced Landscapes: Land Abandonment, Soil Degradation, and Suitable Management
are among the most visible and extensive human signatures on different landscapes of the world. are generally built to retain soil and water, to reduce erosion, and to support irrigation. They reduce slop...
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Open AccessSensitivity analysis of automatic landslide map**: numerical experiments towards the best solution
The automatic detection of landslides after major events is a crucial issue for public agencies to support disaster response. Pixel-based approaches (PBAs) are widely used in the literature for various applica...
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Open-pit mine geomorphic changes analysis using multi-temporal UAV survey
Mining activities, and especially open-pit mines, have a significant impact on the Earth’s surface. They influence vegetation cover, soil properties, and hydrological conditions, both during mining and for man...
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Open AccessGrazing exclusion by fencing non-linearly restored the degraded alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau
Resilience is an important aspect of the non-linear restoration of disturbed ecosystems. Fenced grassland patches on the northern Tibetan Plateau can be used to examine the resistance and resilience of degrade...
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Erratum to: Geometrical feature analysis and disaster assessment of the **nmo landslide based on remote sensing data
The fund name “National Key Technologies R&D Program of China” in the section of “Acknowledgements” is incorrect.
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Geometrical feature analysis and disaster assessment of the **nmo landslide based on remote sensing data
At 5:39 am on June 24, 2017, a landslide occurred in the village of **nmo in Maoxian County, Aba Tibet and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Sichuan Province, Southwest China). On June 25, aerial images were acquir...
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The Sediment Production and Transportation in a Mountainous Reservoir Watershed, Southern Taiwan
This study examined differences in landslide sediment production and sediment transportation abilities of reservoir watersheds in different geological environments after extreme rainfall. The watershed in this...
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Natural hazards knowledge and risk perception of Wujie indigenous community in Taiwan
The purpose of this work was to investigate the natural hazards knowledge and risk perception of Wujie indigenous community, located in Fazhi village in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. Natural hazards (e...
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Assessment of energy potential from wetland plants along the minor channel network on an agricultural floodplain
Renewable energy sources such as biomasses can play a pivotal role to ensure security of energy supply and reduce greenhouse gases through the substitution of fossil fuels. At present, bioenergy is mainly deri...
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Geomorphic features extraction from high-resolution topography: landslide crowns and bank erosion
In recent years, new remote-sensed technologies, such as airborne and terrestrial laser scanner, have improved the detail and the quality of topographic information, providing topographical high-resolution and...
