Soil Conservation: Fully Revised and Updated: 3rd edition

Norman Hudson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

392 Seiten

2015 | 3rd Revised edition
New India Publishing Agency (Verlag)
978-93-83305-97-1 (ISBN)

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SOIL CONSERVATION IS A KEY TEXT NOT ONLY FOR TH AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS, BUT ALSO FOR STUDENTS FOR AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY-INDEED ALL THOSE CONCERNED WITH SOIL EROSION. THIS NEW AND FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE NORMAN HUDSON STANDARD BOOK: 01. GIVES INFORMATION ON RECENT ADVANCES, INCLUDING THE GREATER EMPHASIS ON SOUND LAND USE AND FARMINGMETHODS, THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING THE FARMER AT ALL STAGES, THE NEED FOR LOW-COST, LOW LABOUR METHODS. 02. SHOWS HOW RESEARCH, THEORY AND PRACTICE CAN BE APPLIED IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA 03. PRESENTS THE ENGINEERING APPROACH TO SOIL CONSERVATION IN A SINGLE COMMON SENSE WAY. THE TEXT REFELECTS THE COURSE IN SOIL SCIENCES AND AGRONOMY AS TAUGHT TO STUDENTS OF VARIOUS INDIAN UNIVERSITIES. THE RESULTIS A TEACHING TEST WHICH WILL BE OF USE TO ALL COUNTRIES WHERE SOIL CONSERVATION IS A MAJOR CONSIDERATON TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

1. Man and soil erosion 2. The mechanics of erosion 3. The physics of rainfall 4. The erosivity of rainfall 5. The erodibility of soil 6. The estimation of surface runoff 7. Estimating soil loss 8. Erosion research methods 9. Land use and soil conservation 10. Physical erosion control measures 11. Erosion control through land husbandry 12. Gully erosion 13. Erosion control on non-arable land 14. Policies and implementation

Erscheinungsdatum	27.07.2023
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	28 x 152 mm
Gewicht	775 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	93-83305-97-5 / 9383305975
ISBN-13	978-93-83305-97-1 / 9789383305971
Zustand	Neuware