The Price Of Soil Erosion
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Author | : Royston Philip Charles Morgan |
Publisher | : Longman Scientific and Technical |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : |
Provides comprehensive treatment of soil erosion processes and their control and a practical approach of the design of soil conservation methods.
Author | : Hugh Hammond Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1934 |
Genre | : Erosion |
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Author | : Raj Ratta |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2018-12-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1351415727 |
This work examines the issue of accelerated soil erosion, which has become an increasingly serious concern in the twentieth century. Aspects considered include on-site impact of erosion; application of soil science to problems of non-agricultural uses of soil, such as mineland restoration, urban uses and disposal of urban wastes; soil contamination and pollution by industrial activities; and athletic and recreational uses of soil. Soil Quality and Soil Erosion will be a useful text for soil scientists, agronomists, foresters, and environmental scientists as we enter the next century.
Author | : J. de Graaff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Soil conservation |
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Author | : Jan de Graaf |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Soil conservation |
ISBN | : 9789054855606 |
Author | : David R. Montgomery |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2007-05-14 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520933168 |
Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.
Author | : Natalie Hyde |
Publisher | : Crabtree Classics |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780778754039 |
Soil Erosion and How to Prvent It helps young readers see the real impact of erosion on all life. This intriguing book describes the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition, the impact of erosion on plants and animals, and kid-friendly steps to preventing erosion.
Author | : United States. Soil Conservation Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : |
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Author | : Terrence J. Toy |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2002-05-27 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780471383697 |
- Problem der Bodenerosion wird hier mit ganzheitlichem Ansatz besprochen - Ursachen und Auswirkungen der Erosion werden in sozialökonomischen Kontext gebracht - ausführliche Angaben über Methoden der Verfolgung von Bodenerosion (GPS, GIS, Erdfernerkundung) - mit einer gut verständlichen allgemeinen Einführung in Bodenkunde und Hydrologie
Author | : Ephraim Nkonya |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 695 |
Release | : 2015-11-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 3319191683 |
This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for the largest share (22%) of the total global cost of land degradation. Only about 38% of the cost of land degradation due to LUCC - which accounts for 78% of the US$300 billion loss – is borne by land users and the remaining share (62%) is borne by consumers of ecosystem services off the farm. The results in this volume indicate that reversing land degradation trends makes both economic sense, and has multiple social and environmental benefits. On average, one US dollar investment into restoration of degraded land returns five US dollars. The findings of the country case studies call for increased investments into the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands, including through such institutional and policy measures as strengthening community participation for sustainable land management, enhancing government effectiveness and rule of law, improving access to markets and rural services, and securing land tenure. The assessment in this volume has been conducted at a time when there is an elevated interest in private land investments and when global efforts to achieve sustainable development objectives have intensified. In this regard, the results of this volume can contribute significantly to the ongoing policy debate and efforts to design strategies for achieving sustainable development goals and related efforts to address land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.