1.

Record Nr.

UNICASBVE0475761

Autore

Horatius Flaccus, Quintus

Titolo

Satire / Orazio ; a cura di Rita Cuccioli Melloni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Siena, : BE, Barbera editore, 2007

Titolo uniforme

Sermones.

ISBN

8878991880

Descrizione fisica

LX, 288 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Classici greci e latini

Disciplina

877.01

Soggetti

Orazio Flacco, Quinto . Saturae - Traduzioni italiane

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo originale a fronte.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139386003321

Titolo

Soils in the urban environment / / edited by Peter Bullock and Peter J. Gregory on behalf of the British Society of Soil Science and Nature Conservancy Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications, c1991

ISBN

9786612139376

9781282139374

1282139371

9781444310603

1444310607

9781444310597

1444310593

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BullockPeter <1937-2008.>

GregoryP. J

Disciplina

631.4/1/091732

Soggetti

Soil science

Urban soils

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Soils in the Urban Environment; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1: Soils: A neglected resource in urban areas; 2: The classification of soils in urban areas; 3: Waste materials in urban soils; 4: Metal contamination of soils in urban areas; 5: Soil storage and handling; 6: Physical properties of soils in urban areas; 7: Nutrient provision and cycling in soils in urban areas; 8: The biology of soils in urban areas; 9: Soils and vegetation in urban areas; Appendix: A key to the major urban vegetation types; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Urban areas contain a wide variety of open spaces, yet much of this has evolved under the pressures of human population with minimal management. The last 40 years have seen problems of varying severity begin to appear, including contamination, erosion, acidification and compaction. These problems have brought attention to the importance



of the soil cover, the need for better understanding it, and the need for its protection. This book is a review of state-of-the-art science for soil in urban areas. Based on a meeting organized by the Nature Conservancy Council and the British Society of Soil S