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Establishing erosion susceptibility: analytical hierarchical process and traditional approaches

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This study evaluated alternatives for producing erosion susceptibility maps, considering different weight combinations for an environment’s attributes, according to four different points of views. The attributes considered were landform, steepness, soils, rocks and land occupation. Considered alternatives were: (1) equal weights, more traditional approach, (2) different weights, according to a previous study in the area, (3) different weights, based on other works in the literature, and (4) different weights based on the analytical hierarchical process. The area studied included the Prosa Basin located in Campo Grande—Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. The results showed that the assessed alternatives can be used together or in different stages of studies aiming at urban planning and decision-making on the interventions to be applied.

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    José Augusto de Lollo & Júlio Nascimento Sena

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de Lollo, J.A., Sena, J.N. Establishing erosion susceptibility: analytical hierarchical process and traditional approaches. Bull Eng Geol Environ 72, 589–600 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-013-0529-9

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