Former NTU horticulture professor Chen Chung, who planned and implemented these methods, points out that traditional soil conservation employs stepped contour terraces, hillside drainage ditches, and surface grass coverage to reduce soil loss (see illustration, p. 44).
一手參與規劃操作的前台大園藝系教授陳中指出，傳統水土保持工法以等高線（階梯狀）、山邊溝及地表植草覆蓋方式來減緩水土流失（見圖示上）。