The Soils of Egypt
Editors: El-Ramady, H., Alshaal, T., Bakr, N., Elbana, T., Mohamed, E., Belal, A.-A. (Eds.)
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- The first comprehensive work on the different types of soils in Egypt
- An important case study for different soils in arid and semiarid regions
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- About this book
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This book reviews the distribution of soils across Egypt, their history, genesis, pollution and management. The conservation of Egyptian soils, soils and their connections to human activities, as well as some future soil issues are also highlighted. It is well known that soil is the main source for food, feed, fuel and fiber production. Accordingly, the study of soils is not only a crucial issue but also an urgent task for all nations worldwide. Due to their important roles in agroecosystems as well as many aspects of our lives, soils have direct and indirect functions in the agricultural, industrial and medicinal sectors. Therefore, understanding the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils, as well as soil security, have now become emerging issues. Climate change has a very dangerous dimension in Egypt concerning the rising sea level. Many coastal zones are already threatened by this sea level rise, and may ultimately disappear. At the same time, water shortages and soil pollution represent the main challenges for the Egyptian nation. Generally speaking, the environmental challenges that Egypt now faces include improving and sustaining soil health, soil carbon sequestration, wastewater treatment, and avoiding the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides. Therefore, this book examines in detail the soils of Egypt from various perspectives including their genesis, history, classification, pollution and degradation, soil security, soil fertility and land uses.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-11
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Soil Research History
Pages 13-31
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Egyptian Natural Resources
Pages 33-49
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Land Use/Land Cover and Vegetation Status
Pages 51-67
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Climate
Pages 69-92
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Soils of Egypt
- Editors
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- Hassan El-Ramady
- Tarek Alshaal
- Noura Bakr
- Tamer Elbana
- Elsayed Mohamed
- Abdel-Aziz Belal
- Series Title
- World Soils Book Series
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-95516-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-95516-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-95515-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-07049-6
- Series ISSN
- 2211-1255
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 227
- Number of Illustrations
- 5 b/w illustrations, 121 illustrations in colour
- Topics
