Land Use and Soil Resources

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-90-481-7723-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes. It influences the basic resources of land use, including the soil. Its impact on soil often occurs so creepingly that land managers hardly contemplate initiating ameliorative or counterbalance measures. Poor land management has degraded vast amounts of land, reduced our ability to produce enough food, and is a major threat to rural livelihoods in many developing countries.

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vlek, Paul L. G.

Braimoh, Ademola K.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Impact of Land Use on Soil Resources.- Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics and Land-Use Change.- Land-Use Change and Global Food Production.- Soil Erosion and Conservation in Global Agriculture.- Soil Erosion Studies in Northern Ethiopia.- Soil Degradation Under Irrigation.- Nutrient and Virtual Water Flows in Traded Agricultural Commodities.- The Lesson of Drente's “Essen”: Soil Nutrient Depletion in sub-Saharan Africa and Management Strategies for Soil Replenishment.- Soil Quality and Methods for its Assessment.- The Impact of Urbanization on Soils.