Table of Contents
List of contributors, ix
About the editors, xi
Acknowledgements, xiii
1 Introduction – Understanding and managing landscape change through multiple lenses: The case for integrative research in an era of global change, 1Alan P. Dykes, Mark Mulligan and John Wainwright
PART A
2 Assessment of soil erosion through different experimental methods in the Region of Murcia (South-East Spain), 11Asunción Romero Díaz and José Damián Ruíz Sinoga
3 Shrubland as a soil and water conservation agent in Mediterranean-type ecosystems: The Sierra de Enguera study site contribution, 45Artemi Cerdà, Antonio Giménez-Morera, Antonio Jordan, Paulo Pereira, Agata Novara, Saskia Keesstra, Jorge Mataix-Solera and José Damián Ruiz Sinoga
4 Morphological and vegetation variations in response to flow events in rambla channels of SE Spain, 61Janet Hooke and Jenny Mant
5 Stability and instability in Mediterranean landscapes: A geoarchaeological perspective, 99John Wainwright
6 Desertification indicator system for Mediterranean Europe: Science, stakeholders and public dissemination of research results, 121Jane Brandt and Nichola Geeson
7 Geobrowser-based simulation models for land degradation policy support, 139Mark Mulligan
8 Application of strategic environmental assessment to the Rift Valley Lakes Basin master plan, 155Carolyn F. Francis and Andrew T. Lowe
9 Modelling hydrological processes in long-term water supply planning: Current methods and future needs, 179Glenn Watts
10 Changing discharge contributions to the Río Grande de Tárcoles, 203Matthew Marsik, Peter Waylen and Marvin Quesada
11 Insights on channel networks delineated from digital elevation models: The adaptive model, 225Ashraf Afana and Gabriel del Barrio
12 From digital elevation models to 3-D deformation fields: A semi-automated analysis of uplifted coastal terraces on the Kamena Vourla fault, central Greece, 247Thomas J.B. Dewez and Iain S. Stewart
13 Environmental change and landslide hazards in Mexico, 267Alan P. Dykes and Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
PART B
14 John Thornes and palaeohydrology, 299Ken Gregory and Leszek Starkel
15 John Thornes: Landscape sensitivity and landform evolution, 307Tim Burt
16 John Thornes and desertification research in Europe, 317Mike Kirkby, Louise J. Bracken and Jane Brandt
17 John Thornes: An appreciation, 327Denys Brunsden
Index, 331