Off‐site impacts of soil erosion and runoff: Why connectivity is more important than erosion rates

• Published in: Soil use and management Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 245 - 256
• Main Authors: Boardman, John, Vandaele, Karel, Evans, Robert, Foster, Ian D. L., Aitkenhead, Matt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bedfordshire Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural management; Agricultural runoff; Anthropogenic factors; Arable land; connectivity; Culverts; Design modifications; Digital mapping; Ditches; Economics; environmental impact; Erosion rates; field mapping; Flooding; Human influences; Mapping; Mitigation; off‐site impacts; Paths; Pollutants; Remote observing; Remote sensing; Rivers; roads; Runoff; runoff and sediment flux; Sedimentation; sediments; soil; Soil erosion; Soil permeability; Watercourses; Western European region; Western European region

Off‐site impacts of soil erosion are of greater social and economic concern in Western Europe than on‐site impacts. They fall into two related categories: muddy flooding of properties and ecological impacts on watercourses because of excessive sedimentation and associated pollutants. Critical to the...