Overview
- Provides a thorough analysis of the causes and impacts of soil degradation
- Written by leading international experts
- Abundantly illustrated with full colour images
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About this book
To date, there has been no single unifying volume that addresses the multifaceted impacts of land use on soils. This book has responded to this challenge by bringing together renowned academics and policy experts to analyze the patterns, driving factors and proximate causes, and the socioeconomic impacts of soil degradation. Policy measures to prevent irreversible degradation and rehabilitate degraded soils are also identified.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"It promises to synthesize scientific knowledge on the impact of different land-uses on soils in a manner that resource managers, policy makers and other non-academics can use. … a book of significant potential use to students interested in land resources, particularly soil. … a useful book with several particularly good chapters and significant elements of original analysis. … the quality of the reviewing and discussion is high and it represents worthwhile reading for soil managers and students and a worthwhile purchase for academic libraries." (John McDonagh, Land Degradation & Development, November, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Land Use and Soil Resources
Editors: Ademola K. Braimoh, Paul L. G. Vlek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6778-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6777-8Published: 30 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7723-3Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6778-5Published: 02 February 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 254
Topics: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environment, general, Soil Science & Conservation, Environmental Management, Physical Geography, Biogeosciences