A pragmatic approach for soil erosion risk assessment within policy hierarchies

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Title	A pragmatic approach for soil erosion risk assessment within policy hierarchies
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2010
Authors	Volk, M., M. Möller, and D. Wurbs
Journal	Land Use Policy
Volume	27
Pagination	997 - 1009
ISSN	0264-8377
Keywords	Agricultural policy
Abstract	This paper presents a methodological framework for scale-specific assessment of soil erosion by water. The framework enables the definition of hierarchical, functional and modular nested reference units which result from the integrated consideration of policy, process and model hierarchies. The framework is applied on three planning levels: at first, large scale zones are designated that show a defined risk potential for soil erosion (first level: catchments and drainage areas in the German Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt, ca. 20,000
URL	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837709002142
DOI	DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.12.011