Project

Response of fluvial processes and sediment dynamics to human impact and global change (Visiting scholar P. Billi, University of Ferrara)

Code

01T00809

Duration

25 July 2009 → 25 January 2010

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Jan Nyssen

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Geology
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience

Keywords

desertification human impact sediment transport sediment supply channel adjustment fluviatile geomorphology

Project description

Natural rivers geomorphology and dynamics result from the interaction of two main factors: flow regime, controlled mainly by climatic factors, and sediment supply, controlled mainly by catchment physical properties and land use/cover. This project aims to study the river response in terms of sediment transport and channel morphology adjustments to human impact and desertification in both industrialised and developing countries.