Osman, Khan Towhid Primary Author mixed material bibliography Dordrecht Springer 2014 en English

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xiv, 237 p. : Illust. ; 24 cm This 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. Geography Environmental Sciences Soil Conservation Agriculture Forests and Forestry Soil Degradation Soil Remediation Soils 631.4 9789400775893 e-Library Universitas Pertamina Be Global Leader 631.4 OSM s 2213/PUP/2016 Perpustakaan Universitas Pertamina 631.4 OSM s c.1 Soil_Degradation%252C_Conservation_and_Remediation.jpg.jpg 708 2017-04-12 15:50:35 2017-04-12 15:51:02 machine generated Petroleum Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Chemical Engineering Management