LEADER 04709nam 22006975 450 001 9910298390703321 005 20200706005221.0 010 $a94-007-7590-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-7590-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000026040 035 $a(EBL)1466392 035 $a(OCoLC)861080773 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001049239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11599509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001049239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11033675 035 $a(PQKB)10630787 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1466392 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-7590-9 035 $a(PPN)176129685 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000026040 100 $a20131001d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoil Degradation, Conservation and Remediation /$fby Khan Towhid Osman 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-007-7589-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSoil Resources and Soil Degradation -- Physical Deterioration of Soil -- Soil Erosion by Water -- Wind Erosion -- Chemical Soil Degradation -- Soil Pollution -- Index. 330 $aThis book views soil as a fundamental resource that must urgently be protected, preserved and restored, in order to secure food for the ever-increasing human population and to maintain the health and quality of the Earth?s ecosystems. It emphasizes the immediate and long-lasting impacts of soil degradation on agricultural productivity (crops, livestock, and fisheries), air and water quality, health of organisms, and the planet?s life support-systems.   This book highlights the mutual relationships of terrestrial ecosystems with their physical environments, and stresses that when the soil is degraded, a concomitant deterioration takes place in the whole ecosystem. Throughout history, soil degradation has, in fact, played a crucial role in the collapse of many civilizations.   This book comprehensively describes soil degradation in terms of:   ·         Causes: deforestation, vegetation over-exploitation, shifting cultivation, overgrazing, unbalanced fertilizer use, over-extraction of ground water, etc.   ·         Processes: soil compaction, surface crusting, soil-fertility depletion, water erosion, wind erosion, salinization, soil pollution, etc.   ·         Conservation and Remediation Measures: soil amendments, decompaction, mulching, cover cropping, crop rotation, green manuring, contour farming, strip cropping, alley cropping, surface roughening, windbreaks, terracing, sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), dune stabilization, etc.   Numerous examples, figures and tables enhance the presentation, leading the reader from the basics to a comprehensive understanding of soil degradation, conservation and remediation. Study questions at the end of each chapter help to reinforce concepts.   While the text will be of particular interest to undergraduate students in grasping the fundamentals of soil science, it will also be of interest to graduate students and those in agricultural, biological and environmental sciences who study soil and its sustainable management. Professionals, including agronomists, horticulturists, foresters and landscape specialists, will find it of interest, as well. 606 $aSoil science 606 $aSoil conservation 606 $aAgriculture 606 $aEarth sciences 606 $aForests and forestry 606 $aSoil Science & Conservation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U28000 606 $aAgriculture$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L11006 606 $aEarth Sciences, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G00002 606 $aForestry$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L22008 615 0$aSoil science. 615 0$aSoil conservation. 615 0$aAgriculture. 615 0$aEarth sciences. 615 0$aForests and forestry. 615 14$aSoil Science & Conservation. 615 24$aAgriculture. 615 24$aEarth Sciences, general. 615 24$aForestry. 676 $a550 676 $a631.4 700 $aOsman$b Khan Towhid$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0748563 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298390703321 996 $aSoil Degradation, Conservation and Remediation$92516464 997 $aUNINA