An improved methodology for erosion hazard mapping. Part I: the technique

Stocking, Michael, Chakela, Qalabane and Elwell, Henry (1988) An improved methodology for erosion hazard mapping. Part I: the technique. Geografiska Annaler Series A: Physical Geography, 70 A (3). pp. 169-180. ISSN 0435-3676

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Abstract

A methodology using a simple factorial scoring procedure for erosion hazard was derived in Zimbabwe in the early 1970s. Basing the new procedure on African conditions, limited data availability and coverage at a sub-continental scale, the SLEMSA (Soil Loss Estimation Model for Southern Africa) framework is shown as a useful tool in designing a suitable methodology. The abstraction of the variables - average slope, kinetic energy of rainfall, vegetal cover and an index of erodibility - is described and it is shown how they can be combined through a set of design graphs taken from the Zimbabwe Highveld version of the SLEMSA framework. Hazard is expressed in "Erosion Hazard Units' and not t/ha.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2014 15:56
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 05:24
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/45727
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