Two recommended research approaches
When designing new research for sustainable land and water management it is important to take the whole erosion process into account, not only to focus on the detachment, but also to incorporated research on the transfer paths and the deposition phase of the erosion process (Bryan, 2000; Cebecauer & Hofierka, 2008; Rodrigo-Comino et al., 2018). Eroded sediment many times ends up on unwanted places, like reservoirs, and damage the natural resources and human investments (Clark, 1985; Rodrigo-Comino et al., 2018; Terranova et al., 2009). Successful approaches that are needed to come to sustainability from the point of view of erosion, all three elements of the process need to be tackled. Prevent detachment, prohibit transport, create deposition potential in places that are not harmful, or even beneficial. Two approaches lie at the basis of this approach: Nature-based solutions and connectivity based approaches.