Overview
- Informs about current knowledge about main types of physical, chemical, and biological soil degradation
- Demonstrates approaches and results of soil degradation monitoring in different landscapes and ecosystems
- Includes a number of facts and data about soil degradation research in Russia and Serbia unpublished in English
Part of the book series: Innovations in Landscape Research (ILR)
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book informs about knowledge gain in soil and land degradation to reduce or prevent it for meeting the mission of the Sustainable Developments Goals of the United Nations. Essence, extent, monitoring methods and implications for ecosystem functioning of main soil degradation types are characterized in overview chapters and case studies.
Challenges, approaches and data towards identification of degradation in the frame of improving functionality, health and multiple ecosystem services of soil are demonstrated in the studies of international expert teams. The book consists of five parts, containing 5–12 single chapters each and 36 in total. Parts are explaining (I) Concepts and Indicators, (II) Soil Erosion and Compaction, (III) Soil Contamination, (IV) Soil Carbon and Fertility Monitoring and (V) Soil Survey and Mapping of Degradation
The primary audience of this book are scientists of different disciplines, decision-makers, farmers and further informed people dealing with sustainable management of soil and land.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation
Editors: Elmira Saljnikov, Lothar Mueller, Anton Lavrishchev, Frank Eulenstein
Series Title: Innovations in Landscape Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85682-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85681-6Published: 27 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85684-7Published: 28 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85682-3Published: 26 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2524-5155
Series E-ISSN: 2524-5163
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 796
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 220 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, Landscape Ecology