Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to estimate quick and low-cost processes for surface runoff potential on the basis of natural environmental attributes. Design/methodology/approach - An approach based on the natural ...

The human activities have caused a great negative impact on the surface runoff of water in the soil. Aiming to minimize these effects, the cover crops started to exercise an important position on soil management. However, ...

Urbanization affects runoff processes and sediment transport, but the magnitude of the impacts remains poorly understood. Different spatial patterns of pervious and impervious surfaces influence flow and sediment connectivity ...

Pesticides reach aquatic ecosystems via surface runoff becoming one of the main contributors to their deterioration. Among the strategies to mitigate these impacts, the use of riparian strips is recommended, but the knowledge ...

Tropical mountain regions are affected by rapid land use/-cover change, which may threaten their (eco-) hydrological functions. Although there is a growing interest in evaluating the effect of land use/-cover change on ...

This study aims at identifying the influence of soil surface roughness from small to large aggregates (random roughness) on runoff and soil loss and to investigate the interaction with soil surface seal formation. Bulk ...

With the growing demand for forestry, especially eucalyptus and pine plantations for the production of wood, pulp and resins, concerns have increased about the impacts on the conservation of water resources, especially ...