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Assessing soil erosion risk at national scale in developing countries: The technical challenges, a proposed methodology, and a case history

dc.contributor.author Rosas M.A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Gutierrez R.R. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.description.abstract Through an extensive bibliographic review, this contribution underlines the urgency and challenges to quantify soil erosion rates (ERs) in developing countries. It subsequently elaborates on the combined application of GIS-based RUSLE, generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) principles and sediment delivery ratio functions (SDR) to quantify ERs at country scale for these countries, as they commonly have limited measurements to that purpose. The methodology, termed RUSLE-GGS (RUSLE-GIS-GLUE-SDR) herein, comprises the following sequence: (1) construction of ER samples using RUSLE-GIS based on freely available local/global geoenvironmental observations and field relations, (2) construction of area-specific sediment yield samples utilizing SDR transfer functions, and (3) assessment of the most behavioral samples by means of bias analysis and cross validation. Its application to Peru allows obtaining 5-km resolution ER and potential erosion maps for the years 1990, 2000, and 2010. RUSLE-GGS is highly replicable and could potentially be used as an initial standard and systematic method to estimate ERs in developing countries through the active participation of local scientists. Thus, it potentially can contribute to improve the capacity building in such countries and set an initial frame to compare the evolution of soil erosion in their territories towards attaining Goal 15 of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135474
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85076516899
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/2579
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartof Science of the Total Environment
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject Uncertainty
dc.subject Developing countries es_PE
dc.subject Land use change es_PE
dc.subject RUSLE es_PE
dc.subject Soil erosion es_PE
dc.subject.ocde http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#2.07.01
dc.title Assessing soil erosion risk at national scale in developing countries: The technical challenges, a proposed methodology, and a case history
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