Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction. Effective erosion controls handle surface runoff and are important techniques in preventing water pollution, soil loss, wildlife habitat loss and human property loss.
Terraces, conservation tillage, and conservation buffers save soil and improve water quality on this Iowa farm.
Hydroseeding in the United Kingdom
Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train (description page)
Erosion control construction entrance (description page)
Land development is the alteration of landscape in any number of ways such as:Changing landforms from a natural or semi-natural state for a purpose such as agriculture or housing
Subdividing real estate into lots, typically for the purpose of building homes
Real estate development or changing its purpose, for example by converting an unused factory complex into a condominium.
Since their invention, heavy equipment such as bulldozers have been useful for earthmoving in land development.
Motorway construction in Ireland
Building construction
In Argentina and Bolivia, the Chaco thorn forest (A) is being felled at a rate considered among the highest in the world (B), to give way to soybean cultivation (C)
