PEDESTRIAN- AND BICYCLE-INDUCED PATH EROSION ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

摘要: Soil denudation studies in urban environments are infrequent the geomorphic literature. Here we describe amount of soil erosion associated with pedestrian and bicycle pathways on an American university campus. The from thirty pedestrian/bicycle paths campus University North Carolina was determined by morphometric measurements. Volumes denuded ranged nearly 20 m3 to <0.2 per site. Highest amounts were located at sites adjacent a football stadium. Three types recognized, based their utilization: running existing sidewalks; cutting across lawns through shrubbery one sidewalk another; those formed bicycles order avoid going up or down steps.