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Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation -

Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation

Buch | Hardcover
VIII, 796 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-85681-6 (ISBN)
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This book informs about knowledge gain in soil and land degradation to reduce or prevent it for meeting the mission of the Sustainable Developments Goals of the United Nations. Essence, extent, monitoring methods and implications for ecosystem functioning of main soil degradation types are characterized in overview chapters and case studies. 

Challenges, approaches and data towards identification of degradation in the frame of improving functionality, health and multiple ecosystem services of soil are demonstrated in the studies of international expert teams. The book consists of five parts, containing 5-12 single chapters each and 36 in total. Parts are explaining (I) Concepts and Indicators, (II) Soil Erosion and Compaction, (III) Soil Contamination, (IV) Soil Carbon and Fertility Monitoring and (V) Soil Survey and Mapping of Degradation

The primary audience of this book are scientists of different disciplines, decision-makers, farmers and further informed people dealing with sustainable management of soil and land.

 


Understanding Soils: their Functions, Use and Degradation.- Types of Physical Soil Degradation and Implications for their Prevention and Monitoring.- Understanding and Monitoring Chemical and Biological Soil Degradation.-  Classification and causes of soil degradation by irrigation in Russian steppe agrolandscapes.- Desertification in Western Siberia: identification, assessment and driving forces in temporal scale.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Innovations in Landscape Research
Zusatzinfo VIII, 796 p. 264 illus., 220 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 1689 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte Desertification • Soil biodiversity • Soil compaction • Soil Contamination • Soil Degradation • soil ecosystem • Soil erosion • soil functions • Soil Monitoring • Soil Organic Matter
ISBN-10 3-030-85681-X / 303085681X
ISBN-13 978-3-030-85681-6 / 9783030856816
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