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The Soils of Italy

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Editors:
  1. Edoardo A.C. Costantini

    1. l’agrobiologia e la pedologia, Senior Researcher, CRA-ABP Centro di ricerca per, Florence, Italy

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  2. Carmelo Dazzi

    1. Palermo, Italy

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  • Presents a complete and updated information about the soils of Italy
  • The cutting edge state of the art about the soil information of Italy
  • Discusses issues on Italian soil resources: functions and threats
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series (WSBS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Research in Pedology: A Historical Perspective

    • Costanza Calzolari
    Pages 1-17

  3. Climate and Pedoclimate of Italy

    • Edoardo A. C. Costantini, Maria Fantappié, Giovanni L’Abate
    Pages 19-37

  4. Geology and Geomorphology

    • Claudio Bini
    Pages 39-56

  5. Vegetation and Land Use

    • Andrea Giordano
    Pages 57-91

  6. Time as a Soil Forming Factor and Age of Italian Soils

    • Stefano Carnicelli, Edoardo A. C. Costantini
    Pages 93-104

  7. Pedodiversity

    • Edoardo A. C. Costantini, Roberto Barbetti, Maria Fantappiè, Giovanni L’Abate, Romina Lorenzetti, Simona Magini
    Pages 105-178

  8. Soil Functions and Ecological Services

    • Anna Benedetti, Maria Teresa Dell’Abate, Rosario Napoli
    Pages 179-203

  9. Soil Threats

    • Carmelo Dazzi, Giuseppe Lo Papa
    Pages 205-245

  10. Italian Soil Management from Antiquity to Nowadays

    • Giuseppe Corti, Stefania Cocco, Giorgia Brecciaroli, Alberto Agnelli, Giovanna Seddaiu
    Pages 247-293

  11. Soils in Urban Areas

    • Franco Ajmone Marsan, Ermanno Zanini
    Pages 295-302

  12. Future Soil Issues

    • Fabio Terribile, Angelo Basile, Antonello Bonfante, Antonio Carbone, Claudio Colombo, Giuliano Langella et al.
    Pages 303-348

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 349-354
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About this book

The Soils of Italy is the first comprehensive book on Italian pedology in seventy years. Taking advantage of the authors’ large experience and of the most up-to-date  information and technology, this book treats the main soil types of Italy, their diffusion, their functions, ecological use, and the threats to which they are subjected during centuries of intensive management. It also deals with future scenarios of the relationships between soil science and other disciplines, such as urban development, medicine, economics, sociology, and archaeology. The description of the soils is accompanied by a complete set of data, pictures and maps, including benchmark profiles. Factors of soil formation are also treated, making use of new, unpublished data and elaborations. The book also includes a history of pedological research in Italy, spanning over a century. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • l’agrobiologia e la pedologia, Senior Researcher, CRA-ABP Centro di ricerca per, Florence, Italy

    Edoardo A.C. Costantini

  • Palermo, Italy

    Carmelo Dazzi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Soils of Italy

  • Editors: Edoardo A.C. Costantini, Carmelo Dazzi

  • Series Title: World Soils Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5642-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5641-0Published: 20 April 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0536-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5642-7Published: 29 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1255

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-1263

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 354

  • Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 187 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Soil Science & Conservation

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