Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgement
1. Soil erosion: The general problem
1.1 The soil, and its erosion
1.2 Scope of soil erosion
1.3 A brief history of soil loss
1.4 Soil as a finite resource
1.5 Summary
2 The case of agricultural catchments
2.1 Erosion factors in a distinct landform
2.2 On-site and off-site consequences
2.3 The human agent
2.4 Summary
3 The physical process
3.1 The basics of hillslope erosion
3.2 Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP)
3.3 CAESAR-Lisflood a landscape evolution model
3.4 Morgan-Morgan-Finney (MMF)
3.5 Summary
4 Spatial variation in the catchment
4.1 Discrete spatial units
4.2 A suite of continuous variables
4.3 Summary
5 Earth-based observations
5.1 Spectral indices: spectral signatures and mathematical expressions
5.2 Classification
5.3 Synergy of RS data in catchment models
5.4 Close range analysis
5.5 Summary
6 Predicting erosion risk: from expert knowledge to data mining
6.1 The Topographic Threshold
6.2 Expert-based systems
6.3 The data-mining approach
6.4 Fuzzy logic
6.5 Summary
7 Health of the remaining soil
7.1 The soil health index
7.2 Statistical analysis and pre-processing
7.3 Mapping soil health
7.4 Summary
8 Decision-making
8.1 Decision-making in soil conservation
8.2 The simple expert system
8.3 GISCAME
8.4 Summary
References
Index
Nomenclature.