{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2342425289","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","title":"A national soil erosion survey for Zimbabwe","display_name":"A national soil erosion survey for Zimbabwe","publication_year":1987,"publication_date":"1987-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2342425289","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","mag":"2342425289"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5832799","display_name":"Journal of Soil and Water Conservation","issn_l":"0022-4561","issn":["0022-4561","1941-3300"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4320800598","host_organization_name":"Soil and Water Conservation Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4320800598"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Soil and Water Conservation Society"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Soil and Water Conservation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008580316","display_name":"Richard Whitlow","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Richard Whitlow","raw_affiliation_strings":["View further author information"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"View further author information","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5008580316"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.6402,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":18,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94660377,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"42","issue":"4","first_page":"239","last_page":"242"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10889","display_name":"Soil erosion and sediment transport","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10889","display_name":"Soil erosion and sediment transport","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12792","display_name":"Soil Management and Crop Yield","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13740","display_name":"Soil Science and Environmental Management","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soil-erosion","display_name":"soil erosion","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/land-degradation","display_name":"land degradation","score":0.8109999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/common-land","display_name":"common land","score":0.8159999847412109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/peasant-farming","display_name":"peasant agriculture","score":0.9190000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rangeland","display_name":"rangeland","score":0.8029999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/arable-land","display_name":"arable land","score":0.5720000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/population-pressure","display_name":"population pressure","score":0.6100000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/zimbabwe","display_name":"Zimbabwe","score":0.453000009059906}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71762439","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843920","display_name":"Arable land","level":3,"score":0.642928957939148},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.5713812708854675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118518473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11451","display_name":"Agriculture","level":2,"score":0.5624025464057922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113052830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3497778","display_name":"Land degradation","level":3,"score":0.5574333667755127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.5127890706062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54286561","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q397350","display_name":"Agroforestry","level":1,"score":0.4992339611053467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779220025","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838811","display_name":"Peasant","level":2,"score":0.4969656765460968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123157820","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80026","display_name":"Erosion","level":2,"score":0.4841904938220978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202050865","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35852","display_name":"Hectare","level":3,"score":0.45370596647262573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C526734887","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832237","display_name":"Environmental protection","level":1,"score":0.3804974853992462},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.3004400134086609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.1987.12456084","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5832799","display_name":"Journal of Soil and Water Conservation","issn_l":"0022-4561","issn":["0022-4561","1941-3300"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4320800598","host_organization_name":"Soil and Water Conservation Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4320800598"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Soil and Water Conservation Society"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Soil and Water Conservation","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"mag:2342425289","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.jswconline.org/content/42/4/239","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Soil and Water Conservation","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15","score":1.0,"display_name":"Life on land"},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2","score":0.6875,"display_name":"Zero hunger"},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/1","score":0.41670000553131104,"display_name":"No poverty"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":8,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W188806214","https://openalex.org/W1975514971","https://openalex.org/W1999938741","https://openalex.org/W2050848949","https://openalex.org/W2302013276","https://openalex.org/W2314973027","https://openalex.org/W2519340897","https://openalex.org/W2520377596"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3195104944","https://openalex.org/W2475137624","https://openalex.org/W2228911723","https://openalex.org/W280436838","https://openalex.org/W1510521712","https://openalex.org/W1999938741","https://openalex.org/W2225361340","https://openalex.org/W769667097","https://openalex.org/W656572091","https://openalex.org/W2938396218"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"ZIMBABWE,":[0],"like":[1],"many":[2],"tropical":[3],"Third":[4],"World":[5],"countries,":[6],"faces":[7],"widespread":[8],"land":[9,23],"degradation":[10,74],"problems.":[11],"Accelerated":[12],"soil":[13,117,185],"erosion,":[14],"due":[15],"in":[16,32,67,89],"part":[17],"to":[18,80,98,105],"growing":[19],"pressures":[20],"on":[21,119,161,184],"the":[22,83,86,91,102,139,147],"from":[24,157],"human":[25],"and":[26,61,72,112,173],"livestock":[27],"populations,":[28],"is":[29,137,149],"especially":[30],"common":[31],"peasant":[33,76],"farming":[34,77],"areas.":[35],"About":[36],"4.2":[37],"million":[38],"people":[39],"or":[40],"three-quarters":[41],"of":[42,53,59,70,101,124,141,181],"Zimbabwe's":[43],"population":[44,56,110],"live":[45],"within":[46,75],"such":[47],"areas":[48],"(":[49],"1":[50],").\n\nA":[51],"combination":[52],"relatively":[54],"high":[55],"densities,":[57],"lack":[58],"investment,":[60],"marginal":[62],"agricultural":[63],"terrain":[64],"has":[65,94],"resulted":[66],"serious":[68],"problems":[69],"poverty":[71],"environmental":[73],"areas,":[78],"referred":[79],"locally":[81],"as":[82],"Communal":[84,103],"Lands.\n\nSince":[85],"country's":[87],"independence":[88],"1980,":[90],"Zimbabwe":[92],"government":[93],"made":[95],"major":[96],"efforts":[97],"foster":[99],"development":[100],"Lands":[104],"improve":[106],"living":[107],"standards,":[108],"alleviate":[109],"pressures,":[111],"provide":[113],"employment.":[114],"But":[115],"excessive":[116],"erosion":[118,186],"arable":[120],"land,":[121],"where":[122],"losses":[123],"40":[125],"tons":[126],"per":[127,131],"hectare":[128],"(18":[129],"tons/acre)":[130],"year":[132],"are":[133,164],"not":[134,153],"uncommon":[135],"(4),":[136],"threatening":[138],"viability":[140],"farming.":[142],"On":[143],"communally":[144],"managed":[145],"rangeland":[146],"situation":[148],"equally":[150],"serious,":[151],"if":[152],"more":[154],"so.":[155],"Apart":[156],"erosion's":[158],"direct":[159],"effects":[160],"agriculture,":[162],"reservoirs":[163],"filling":[165],"rapidly":[166],"with":[167],"sediment,":[168],"which":[169],"threatens":[170],"both":[171],"domestic":[172],"irrigation":[174],"water":[175],"supplies":[176],"(2).\n\nDespite":[177],"a":[178],"reasonable":[179],"record":[180],"applied":[182],"research":[183],"(3,":[187],"5,":[188],"11\u00a0\u2026":[189]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-06-13T06:13:01.061226","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}