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Jozef Deckers
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 416
Citations - 21670
Jozef Deckers is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil conservation & Surface runoff. The author has an hindex of 75, co-authored 410 publications receiving 19208 citations. Previous affiliations of Jozef Deckers include Research Foundation - Flanders & Catholic University of Leuven.
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Human impact on the environment in the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands—a state of the art
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the environmental evolution of the Ethiopian highlands in the late Quaternary is presented, showing that the most important present-day geomorphic processes are sheet and rill erosion throughout the country, gullying in the highlands, and wind erosion in the Rift Valley and the peripheral lowlands.
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The World Reference Base for Soil Resources
O. Spaargaren,Jozef Deckers +1 more
TL;DR: The World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) as discussed by the authors is the successor to the International Reference Base For Soil Classification (IRB), and its task is to apply the IRB principles of definitions and linkages to the existing classes of the Revised FAO-Unesco Soil Map of the World Legend (FAO, 1988).
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Human impact on the hydrology of the Andean páramos
Wouter Buytaert,Wouter Buytaert,Rolando Célleri,Rolando Célleri,Bert De Bièvre,Felipe Cisneros,Guido Wyseure,Jozef Deckers,R.G.M. Hofstede +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the problems involved in the conservation and management of the hydrological system of the South American paramo are analyzed, and the impact of human activities and climate change on the hydrology of the paramo is discussed.