What is it about?
Rain and other precipitation run on the soil surface, infiltrating or running off. Across centuries, humans have managed the balance of what to keep and what to leave with many different structures. Here, we investigate how his many different names are a problem when maintenance is needed
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Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash
Why is it important?
Weather extremes like heavy rainfall events and prolonged droughts require improving surface water management. The correct understanding of how the runoff management structures are maintained can help to adapt to these climate changes
Perspectives
Many of the runoff management structures are in a farming context. By clarifying what the operations are to maintain them, we aim to improve the integration of maintenance into the farming management system.
Davide Rizzo
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
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This page is a summary of: A framework for the sustainable maintenance of permanent runoff management structures in rainfed agriculture under climate change, Journal of Environmental Management, March 2025, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124718.
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Resources
Photo collection of runoff management structures
This dataset contains the list of photos used to illustrate runoff management structures across the world, as part of a paper titled "A framework for the sustainable maintenance of permanent runoff management structures in rainfed agriculture under climate change" to be published in the Journal of Environmental Management.
Bibliographic search on agro-hydrological infrastructures
Query design strategies and refinement process for a literature review
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