Soil erosion is a major problem worldwide, affecting natural, agricultural, and urban environments through its impact on flood risk, water quality, loss of topsoil, eutrophication of water bodies, sedimentation of waterways, and damage to infrastructure such as roads, buildings, and utility supply networks. Thus, there is a need to identify risks to infrastructure associated with erosion and interventions needed to reduce those risks. Further, inclusive ways of communicating about mitigation strategies with stakeholders such as farmers, land managers, and policymakers are essential if interventions are to be implemented. Applying the Decision‐Support Matrix approach, which combines hydrologic and geomorphic principles with participatory action research, a tool for Communicating and Visualising Erosion‐associated Risks to Infrastructure (CAVERTI) was developed in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders including farmers, private landowners, asset owners, and environmental organisations, focusing on a case‐study area in northern England. The CAVERTI tool synthesises process understanding gained from modelling with knowledge and experience of stakeholders to address the sediment transport problem. Tool development was collaborative, ensuring that the problems and solutions presented are easily recognised by practitioners and decision‐makers. The tool helps to assess, manage, and improve understanding of risk from a multistakeholder perspective and presents mitigation options. We argue that visualisation and communication tools codeveloped by researchers and stakeholders are the best means of influencing decision‐makers to invest in mitigation. The CAVERTI tool is designed to encourage farmers, land, and asset owners to act to reduce erosion, providing multiple benefits from protecting local infrastructure to reducing pollution of waterways.

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就土壤侵蚀对基础设施的风险进行沟通：自下而上的方法

水土流失是世界范围内的一个主要问题，通过其对洪水风险、水质、表土流失、水体富营养化、水道沉积以及道路、建筑物和道路、建筑物等基础设施的破坏，影响自然、农业和城市环境。公用事业供应网络。因此，需要确定与侵蚀相关的基础设施风险以及降低这些风险所需的干预措施。此外，如果要实施干预措施，与农民、土地管理者和政策制定者等利益相关者就缓解策略进行包容性沟通至关重要。应用决策支持矩阵方法，将水文和地貌原理与参与式行动研究相结合，与包括农民、私人土地所有者、资产所有者和环境组织在内的各种利益相关者合作开发了一种用于交流和可视化基础设施侵蚀相关风险的工具 (CAVERTI)，重点是英格兰北部的一个案例研究区。CAVERTI 工具综合了从建模中获得的过程理解以及利益相关者的知识和经验，以解决沉积物运输问题。工具开发是协作的，确保提出的问题和解决方案很容易被从业者和决策者识别。该工具有助于从多利益相关者的角度评估、管理和提高对风险的理解，并提供缓解方案。我们认为，研究人员和利益相关者共同开发的可视化和交流工具是影响决策者投资缓解措施的最佳手段。CAVERTI 工具旨在鼓励农民、土地和资产所有者采取行动减少侵蚀，提供从保护当地基础设施到减少水道污染的多重好处。