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The Soils of Iran

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Editors:
  1. Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab

    1. Soil and Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

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  2. Hamid Siadat

    1. Soil and Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

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  3. Abbas Farshad

    1. ITC, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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  • Written by distinguished Iranian soil experts
  • An unprecedented guide to the soils of Iran, compiling all relevant soil research conducted over the last 50 years
  • A valuable resource for anyone interested in soils and agriculture in Iran, or in other Middle East and North African countries with similar climatic conditions

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

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Hamid Siadat, Abbas Farshad
    Pages 1-4

  3. History of Soil Research

    • Mohammad Reza Balali, Hamid Siadat, Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab
    Pages 5-18

  4. Climate

    • Ali Khalili, Jaber Rahimi
    Pages 19-33

  5. Geology and Geomorphology

    • Mostafa Karimian Eghbal, Nikoo Hamzehpour, Mohammad Hady Farpoor
    Pages 35-56

  6. Vegetation and Land Cover

    • Ali Farzaneh, Morteza Ebrahimi Rastaghi
    Pages 57-71

  7. Soil-Forming Factors and Processes

    • Farhad Khormali, Norair Toomanian
    Pages 73-91

  8. Major Soils, Properties, and Classification

    • Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Norair Toomanian, Vahid Reza Ghasemi Dehkordi, Farhad Khormali
    Pages 93-147

  9. Paleosols and Past Climate Change

    • Martin Kehl, Farhad Khormali
    Pages 149-161

  10. Agroecological Zones

    • Eddy De Pauw, Vahid R. Ghasemi Dehkordi, Abdolali Ghaffari
    Pages 163-173

  11. Soil Fertility

    • Najafali Karimian, Mohammad Mehdi Tehrani
    Pages 175-188

  12. Soil Biology and Biotechnology

    • Hossein Besharati, Nasser Aliasgharzad, Kazem Khavazi, Hadi Asadi Rahmani
    Pages 189-211

  13. Human-Induced Land Degradation

    • Abbas Farshad, Ebrahim Pazira, Ali Akbar Noroozi
    Pages 213-227

  14. Land Management in Space and Time

    • Abbas Farshad, Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Mohammad Reza Jalal Kamali
    Pages 229-244

  15. Soil Resources of Iran: Challenges and Recommendations

    • Hamid Siadat, Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Abbas Farshad
    Pages 245-251

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 253-255
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About this book

This unique book addresses Iran’s extremely rich soil diversity and resources, which have developed under various climatic conditions ranging from dry to humid conditions. Featuring contributions by a group of respected experts on Iranian soils and agriculture, it provides comprehensive information on the management approaches needed for sustainable soil utilization and conservation under such conditions, and the attendant challenges. As such, it offers a valuable resource for anyone interested in soils and agriculture in Iran, but also in other Middle East and North African countries with similar climatic conditions. 


The book contains 14 chapters which illustrate the long history of indigenous knowledge and soil research, climate, geology and geomorphology, vegetation cover, soil forming factors and processes, major soils, properties and their classification. Furthermore, it presents past climate change and paleosols, agroecological zones, soil fertility, soil biology and biotechnology, human induced land degradation and “soil management in space and time”. In the end, major challenges facing the soil resources of the country are defined and recommendations are made to face the future challenges.          


Editors and Affiliations

  • Soil and Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Hamid Siadat

  • ITC, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Abbas Farshad

About the editors

M H Roozitalab,H Siadat and A. Farshad are well known soil scientists from Iran with wide experiences and deep knowledge on soil resources of the country. M. H Roozitalab and H Siadat have been awarded as distinguished soil scientists by Soil Science Society of Iran for their longstanding contribution to the advances of soil science in the country.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Soils of Iran

  • Editors: Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Hamid Siadat, Abbas Farshad

  • Series Title: World Soils Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69048-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69046-9Published: 12 April 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09863-6Published: 16 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69048-3Published: 30 March 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1255

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-1263

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 255

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 156 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Geomorphology, Agriculture

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