Soil Compaction in Crop Production

Soil Compaction in Crop Production
Author: B.D. Soane
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 695
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080934005

This book provides a global review of the mechanisms, incidence and control measures related to the problems of soil compaction in agriculture, forestry and other cropping systems. Among the disciplines which relate to this subject are soil physics, soil mechanics, vehicle mechanics, agricultural engineering, plant physiology, agronomy, pedology, climatology and economics.The volume will be of great value to soil scientists, agricultural engineers, and all those involved with irrigation, drainage and tillage. It will help to facilitate the exchange of information on current work throughout the world, as well as to promote scientific understanding and stimulate the development, evaluation and adoption of practical solutions to these widespread and urgent problems.

Nature-Based Flood Risk Management on Private Land

Nature-Based Flood Risk Management on Private Land
Author: Thomas Hartmann
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 3030238423

This open access book addresses the various disciplinary aspects of nature-based solutions in flood risk management on private land. In recent decades, water management has been moving towards nature-based solutions. These are assumed to be much more multi-purpose than traditional “grey infrastructures” and seem to be regarded as a panacea for many environmental issues. At the same time, such measures require more – and mostly privately owned – land and more diverse stakeholder involvement than traditional (grey) engineering approaches. They also present challenges related to different disciplines. Nature-based solutions for flood risk management not only require technical expertise, but also call for interdisciplinary insights from land-use planning, economics, property rights, sociology, landscape planning, ecology, hydrology, agriculture and other disciplines to address the challenges of implementing them. Ultimately, nature-based flood risk management is a multi-disciplinary endeavor. Featuring numerous case studies of nature-based flood risk management accompanied by commentaries, this book presents brief academic reflections from two different disciplinary perspectives that critically highlight which specific aspects are of significance, and as such, underscore the multi-disciplinary nature of the challenges faced.

Spatial Flood Risk Management

Spatial Flood Risk Management
Author: Hartmann, Thomas
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2022-04-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1800379536

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Centralising the role of land and landowners, Spatial Flood Risk Management brings together knowledge from socio-economy, public policy, hydrology, geomorphology, and engineering to establish an interdisciplinary knowledge base on spatial approaches to managing flood risks.

Agricultural programs

Agricultural programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1752
Release: 1975
Genre:
ISBN: