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W. Summer

Abstract

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) became a very important factor in soil erosion studies and consequently in the development of appropriate soil conservation strategies. Some aspects on the advantages as well as limitations of vector and raster based GIS will be discussed in this paper. On the example of a soil erosion study in a mountainous region of the Austrian Alps (lower alpine area) the combination of a GIS with a commercially available soil erosion model functioning as environmental decision supporting tool will be shown. 1 Introduction The increased human impact on soils demands improved prospective in soil conservation strategies. The instalment therefore of information systems related to this topic becomes necessary. The final purpose of these systems lies on one hand in the

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