Sustaining soil productivity in response to global climate change : science, policy, and ethics / / editors, Thomas J. Sauer, John M. Norman, Mannava V.K. Sivakumar

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell/OECD, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (606 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.76/16
• Soggetto topico: Soil management; Sustainable agriculture; Greenhouse gas mitigation
• Classificazione: TEC003060
• Altri autori: SauerThomas J NormanJohn M Siva KumarM. V. K
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Science, Ethics, and the Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Historical Perspective on Soil Degradation; 1.3 The New Challenge of Global Climate Change; 1.4 White; 1.5 Other Views on the Ethics of Land Use: Leopold et al.; 1.6 Ethical Considerations of Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation: An Example; 1.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; 2 Intellectual Inertia; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Defining Intellectual Inertia; 2.3 Examples of Intellectual Inertia ; 2.4 Intellectual Inertia is Unavoidable But Requires Vigilance2.5 Intellectual Inertia and Climate Change Science; 2.6 Optimizing Intellectual Inertia; 3 The Ethics of Soil; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Private Property and Personal Ethics; 3.3 Common Pool Resources; 3.4 Public Policy; 3.5 Instrumental Values of Soil; 3.6 Beyond Instrumental Value; 3.7 Conclusion and Next Steps; 4 Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Shaping of a Progressive; 4.3 Erosion as a Menace; 4.4 Standards of Conservation; 4.5 Conservation as a Moral Issue; 4.6 Wildlife and Soils ; 4.7 The Conservation Ethic4.8 An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation; 4.9 Land Pathology; 4.10 Land Health; 4.11 The Land Ethic; 4.12 Epilogue; 5 Rural Response to Climate Change in Poor Countries; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Ethics; 5.3 Policies; 5.4 Scientific Support Systems; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Soil and Human Health; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Essential Trace Elements; 6.3 Concerns for the Future; 7 Agroecological Approaches to Help "Climate Proof" Agriculture While Raising Productivity in the Twenty-First Century; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Agroecological Approaches ; 7.3 The System of Rice Intensification7.4 Effects of SRI Practices on Agriculture Affected by Climate Change; 7.5 Applications to Crops Other than Rice; 7.6 Climate-Proofing Agriculture; 8 Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Ecological Integrity and Food Production Today; 8.3 The Legal Status of Genetically Modified Organisms; 8.4 Western Diets and Lifestyle Preferences: Vegan versus Carnivore; 8.5 Conclusion; 9 Soil Ecosystem Services; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 F. H. King-"Farmers of Forty Centuries"; 9.3 Soil: Valuable Natural Capital ; 9.4 Valuing Ecosystem Services9.5 Valuing Carbon and Soil Ecosystem Services; 9.6 Valuing Terroir; 9.7 Land-Use Policy, Nutrient Management, and Natural Capital; 9.8 Conclusion; 10 Climate and Land Degradation; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Influence of Land Surface Changes on Climate; 10.3 Climate Change and Land Degradation; 10.4 Climate Variability and Impacts on Land Degradation; 10.5 Technologies, Policies, and Measures to Address the Linkages between Climate and Land Degradation; 10.6 Future Perspectives; 11 The Role of Soils and Biogeochemistry in the Climate and Earth System ; 11.1 Introduction
• Sommario/riassunto: Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Ethics is a multi-disciplinary volume exploring the ethical, political and social issues surrounding the stewardship of our vital soil resources. Based on topics presented by an international group of experts at a conference convened through support of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, chapters include scientific studies on carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, maintaining soil fertility, and the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as eth
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustaining soil productivity in response to global climate change
• ISBN: 0-470-96023-X; 0-470-96025-6; 0-470-96022-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910133220903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II