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Prof. Dr Velibor Spalevic
Email: velibor.spalevic@gmail.com
Affiliation: Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Montenegro, Montenegro
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Research Interests: soil erosion, soil conservation, soil erosion modelling, watershed and river basin management, EPM, IntErO, WIntErO and global IntErO modelling, ecological engineering, runoff and sediment yield assessment, climate change impacts on land and water resources, sustainable agriculture, land use / land cover change (LULC), natural resource management, environmental modelling, agro-environmental systems, soil–water interactions, flood risk and torrential processes, integrated watershed management
Prof. Dr Slobodan Markovic
Email: baca.markovic@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Research Interests: physical geography, soil geography, quaternary geology, paleoclimate and paleoclimatic reconstruction, loess and aeolian sediments, quaternary stratigraphy, climate system dynamics, geomorphology, geoheritage and geodiversity, landform evolution, human–environment interactions (quaternary context), balkan and pannonian basin quaternary records
Prof. Dr Tin Lukic
Email: lukic021@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Research Interests: natural hazards and disaster risk in geographic environments, landslides, erosion processes, and slope instability, geomorphology and landscape evolution, quaternary geology, paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental reconstruction, quaternary climate variability and climate change, recent climate change and extreme climate events, bioclimatology and human–environment interactions, geoheritage, geoconservation, and geotourism, environmental impact assessment and spatial analysis
Summary
Soil erosion and runoff processes represent key drivers of land degradation, sediment transport, and hydrological imbalance in river basins worldwide. Understanding, modelling, and managing these processes are essential for sustainable land and water resource management, particularly under conditions of climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressure. Over the past decades, a wide range of conceptual, empirical, and semi-empirical models, such as USLE/RUSLE, WEPP, SWAT, EUROSEM, LISEM, and SEDNET, have been developed to quantify erosion intensity, sediment yield, and runoff dynamics across different spatial and temporal scales.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in soil erosion and runoff modelling, with particular emphasis on the methodological evolution from the Erosion Potential Method (EPM) and basin-scale approaches to the River Basins model, IntErO model, and its latest development, the Global IntErO framework, while also embracing comparative and complementary modelling approaches beyond this lineage. Contributions are welcome that address methodological improvements, model calibration and validation, inter-model comparisons, and applications in diverse climatic and physiographic settings.
By integrating field observations, hydrological and geomorphological analyses, land use and land cover data, and advanced computational techniques, the contributions will enhance understanding of erosion–runoff interactions and their sensitivity to environmental change. The Special Issue also encourages studies focusing on scenario-based analyses, decision-support tools, and practical implications for watershed management, soil and water conservation, and sustainable land-use planning.
Keywords
soil erosion modelling; runoff modelling; sediment yield; EPM; river basins model, IntErO; global IntErO; USLE / RUSLE; WEPP; SWAT; watershed management; land use change; climate change impacts
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