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Overview
What you will learn
On successful completion of this Soil Erosion Control Principles and Practices course offered by Cranfield University you will be able to:
- Define the environmental impacts of soil erosion, and the need for erosion control and soil conservation,
- Evaluate erosion risk at a field and catchment scale and identify potential sources and sinks of sediment,
- Make appropriate decisions on selection of soil conservation approaches to control erosion, based on a fundamental understanding of erosion processes,
- Select appropriate input parameter values to apply erosion models to predict current erosion status and evaluate different conservation measures,
- Design an erosion control strategy for an individual farm, taking account of its location within a catchment and socio-economic conditions,
- Manage a soil conservation project, set by an external client, which requires, using problem solving techniques, writing a consultancy-style report and meeting deadlines set.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Definitions and agents of water and wind erosion,
- On and offsite consequences ad impacts of erosion,
- Erosion processes: Detachment, entrainment, transport and deposition,
- Rainfall erosivity,
- Soil erodibility,
- Slope and landcover/management factors affecting erosion,
- Role of grass roots for erosion control,
- Soil compaction and role in runoff generation,
- Socio-economic, regulatory and policy contexts of soil erosion control,
- Soil conservation approaches including, soil management, agronomic measures, waterway design, cover crops and terraces,
- Soil conservation planning integrating technical and consultation-based multi-stakeholder approaches.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Soil Science View 42 other Short Courses in Soil Science in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- No requirements needed.
Tuition Fee
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International
1400 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1400 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
700 - 1300 GBP /month
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