Understanding Soils Of Mountainous Landscapes

Author : Rahul Bhadouria,Shipra Singh,Sachchidanand Tripathi,Pardeep Singh
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323959261

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Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes by Rahul Bhadouria,Shipra Singh,Sachchidanand Tripathi,Pardeep Singh Pdf

Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes: Sustainable Use of Soil Ecosystem Services and Management focuses on the patterns and processes of mountainous soils, including threats due to the fragile nature of mountain ecosystems, and the conservation and management of soil ecosystem services and restoration processes. The book covers a balanced approach to land and resource management, ensuring that environmentally and socio-culturally sound interventions are developed and applied in the complex geophysical, ecological, and social landscapes of the world's mountain systems. The book provides holistic understanding of mountain soils to help environmental and soil scientists gain insight and develop new problem-solving approaches. With obvious up- and downstream linkages (e.g., a large proportion of urban canters globally depend on water that originates in the mountains) as well as globalization (e.g., continental-scale impacts of air pollution and climate change on glaciers), the long-range success of conservation measures in mountain regions requires that the following discrete but interconnected interventions be pursued concurrently: (1) the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services, (2) empowerment of mountain communities (including family farming), and (3) elaboration of more thoughtful, context-specific policy environments for sustainable mountain development. Offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of mountain soils including climate change, ecosystem services, and threats Focuses on exploring the human and anthropogenic challenges associated with the sustainable management of soils in mountain landscapes Includes content on biochar-mediated microbial community dynamics

Author : M.R. Balks,D. Zabowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319326849

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Celebrating Soil by M.R. Balks,D. Zabowski Pdf

This richly illustrated book celebrates the diversity, importance, and intrinsic beauty of soils around the world and helps the reader to understand the ways that soils are related to the landscapes in which they form. The book unravels the complex bond between humans and soils and the importance of soils in our cultures and everyday lives. Soil is critical to terrestrial life on earth. It underpins human food supply and provides materials on which we build our lives. Soil is out of sight and often out of mind, thus easy to overlook. Yet soil has tremendous variety and intrinsic beauty for those who care to look. Soil contains a memory of the events that have shaped the landscape and the environment. With help you can look at a soil and understand the stories that it has to tell. Written in a reader-friendly way, Celebrating Soil is a wonderful resource for farmers, horticulturalists, naturalists, students and others who are concerned about how soils are formed, work and are used.

Author : K. W. G. Valentine,British Columbia. Ministry of Environment. Resource Analysis Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Landforms
ISBN : 0771882653

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The Soil Landscapes of British Columbia by K. W. G. Valentine,British Columbia. Ministry of Environment. Resource Analysis Branch Pdf

Provides and overview of climate, geology, landforms and vegetation in British Columbia, then describes soils and soil processes, as well as soils landscapes in different regions of British Columbia. Also information on development and use of soil and terrain surveys.

Author : Neil N. McKenzie,David D. Jacquier,Ray R.F. Isbell,Katharine K. Brown
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643104334

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Australian Soils and Landscapes by Neil N. McKenzie,David D. Jacquier,Ray R.F. Isbell,Katharine K. Brown Pdf

This essential reference provides an introduction to the remarkable soils and landscapes of Australia. It reveals their great diversity and explains why an understanding of soil properties and landscape processes should guide our use of the land. Using striking photographs of characteristic landscapes, it begins by describing the basic properties of soils and how Australia's distinctive soils and landscapes have co-evolved. We gain a greater understanding of why particular soils occur at certain locations and how soil variation can influence landscape processes, agricultural productivity and ecosystem function. The book explains the impact of various forms of land use and the changes they can bring about in soil. This is followed by an invaluable compendium that describes and illustrates over 100 of the more important and widespread soils of Australia, along with their associated landscapes. There is a brief account of each soil's environment, usage and qualities as well as details on chemical and physical properties so we can make more informed decisions about appropriate land-use. Australian Soils and Landscapes will be a valuable resource for farmers, natural resource managers, soil and environmental scientists, students and anyone with an interest in Australia's unique environment.

Author : K. W. G. Valentine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Soils
ISBN : OCLC:1016871144

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The Soil Landscapes of British Columbia by K. W. G. Valentine Pdf

Author : Pam Hazelton,Brian Murphy
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781486314027

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Understanding Soils in Urban Environments by Pam Hazelton,Brian Murphy Pdf

With an ever-increasing proportion of the world’s population living in cities, soil properties such as salinity, acidity, water retention, erosion and pollution are becoming more significant in urban areas. While these are known issues for agriculture and forestry, as urban development increases, it is essential to recognise the potential of soil properties to create problems for the environment as well as structural concerns for buildings and other engineering works. Understanding Soils in Urban Environments explains how urban soils develop, change and erode. It describes their physical and chemical properties with a focus on specific soil problems that cause environmental damage, such as acid sulfate soils, and also affect the integrity of engineering structural works. This fully revised second edition addresses contemporary issues, including an increase in the use of green roofs and urban green space as well as manufactured soils in a variety of urban environments. Understanding Soils in Urban Environments provides a concise introduction to all aspects of soils in urban environments and will be extremely useful to students in a wide range of disciplines, from soil science and urban forestry and horticulture, to planning, engineering, construction and land remediation, as well as to engineers, builders, landscape architects, ecologists, planners and developers.

Author : K. W. G. Valentine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0771882653

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The soil landscapes of British Columbia by K. W. G. Valentine Pdf

Author : Roger Veseth,Clifford Montagne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Geology
ISBN : UIUC:30112026690351

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Geologic Parent Materials of Montana Soils by Roger Veseth,Clifford Montagne Pdf

Author : Elmira Saljnikov,Lothar Mueller,Anton Lavrishchev,Frank Eulenstein
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 789 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030856823

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Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation by Elmira Saljnikov,Lothar Mueller,Anton Lavrishchev,Frank Eulenstein Pdf

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.

Author : Earl B. Alexander
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781466594364

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Soils in Natural Landscapes by Earl B. Alexander Pdf

In any complete investigation of terrestrial ecosystems, rocks and soils must be considered. Soils are essential resources, providing water and nutrients for vascular plants, and mitigating the flow of water from the land. In addition, soil diversity is critical for biotic diversity. While there are many references on the agricultural perspective o

Author : Allan E. Hewitt,Megan R. Balks,David J. Lowe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030647636

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The Soils of Aotearoa New Zealand by Allan E. Hewitt,Megan R. Balks,David J. Lowe Pdf

This book offers an introduction to the soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, structured according to the New Zealand soil classification system. Starting with an overview of the importance and distribution of New Zealand soils, it subsequently provides essential information on each of the 15 New Zealand soil orders in separate chapters. Each chapter, illustrated with diagrams and photographs in colour, includes a summary of the main features of the soils in the order, their genesis and relationships with landscapes, their key properties including examples of physical and chemical characteristics, and their classification, use, and management. The book then features a chapter on soils in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and concludes by considering New Zealand soils in a global context, soil-formation pathways, and methods used in New Zealand to evaluate soils and assist in land-management decisions. Information about how to access detailed information via links to the Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research website is also included.

Author : Yeqiao Wang
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429819049

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Landscape and Land Capacity by Yeqiao Wang Pdf

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life. Based on the content of the bestselling and CHOICE-awarded Encyclopedia of Natural Resources, this new edition demonstrates the major challenges that the society is facing for the sustainability of all well-being on the planet Earth. The experience, evidence, methods, and models used in studying natural resources are presented in six stand-alone volumes, arranged along the main systems of land, water, and air. It reviews state-of-the-art knowledge, highlights advances made in different areas, and provides guidance for the appropriate use of remote sensing and geospatial data with field-based measurements in the study of natural resources. Volume 2, Landscape and Land Capacity, covers soils and landscape issues, their diversity and importance, and how soils are related to the landscapes in which they form. It includes discussions on land conservation, land-use and land-cover changes, and urban environments and unravels the complex bond between humans and soils. New in this edition are discussions on habitat conservation and planning, landscape epidemiology and vector-borne disease, and landscape patterns and changes. This volume demonstrates the key processes, methods, and models used through several practical case studies from around the world. Written in an easy-to-reference manner, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, as individual volumes or as a complete set, is an essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the science and management of natural resources. Public and private libraries, educational and research institutions, scientists, scholars, and resource managers will benefit enormously from this set. Individual volumes and chapters can also be used in a wide variety of both graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental science and natural science at different levels and disciplines, such as biology, geography, earth system science, and ecology.

Author : Henry Lin
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780123869876

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Hydropedology by Henry Lin Pdf

Hydropedology is a microcosm for what is happening in Soil Science. Once a staid discipline found in schools of agriculture devoted to increasing crop yield, soil science is transforming itself into an interdisciplinary mulch with great significance not only for food production but also climate change, ecology, preservation of natural resources, forestry, and carbon sequestration. Hydropedology brings together pedology (soil characteristics) with hydrology (movement of water) to understand and achieve the goals now associated with modern soil science. The first book of its kind in the market Highly interdisciplinary, involving new thinking and synergistic approaches Stimulating case studies demonstrate the need for hydropedology in various practical applications Future directions and new approaches are present to advance this emerging interdisciplinary science

Author : Rachel Creamer,Lilian O’Sullivan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319711898

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The Soils of Ireland by Rachel Creamer,Lilian O’Sullivan Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedology in Ireland. It describes the main soil types of the country, their functions, ecological use, and the conditions to which they were subjected associated with management over time. In addition, it presents a complete set of data, pictures and maps, including benchmark profiles. Factors involved in soil formation are also discussed, making use of new, unpublished data and elaborations. The book was produced with the support and sponsorship of Teagasc, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland and the Irish Environmental Protection Agency.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Intergonevernmental Technical Panel on Soils
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251348376

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Recarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Intergonevernmental Technical Panel on Soils Pdf

During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it was proven to be one of the most crucial components of the earth’s climate system, which has a great potential to be managed by humans. Soils as a carbon pool are one of the key factors in several Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 15, “Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss” with the SOC stock being explicitly cited in Indicator 15.3.1. This technical manual is the first attempt to gather, in a standardized format, the existing data on the impacts of the main soil management practices on SOC content in a wide array of environments, including the advantages, drawbacks, and constraints. This manual presents different sustainable soil management (SSM) practices at different scales and in different contexts, supported by case studies that have been shown with quantitative data to have a positive effect on SOC stocks and successful experiences of SOC sequestration in practical field applications. Volume 2 includes a description of hot spots of SOC stocks. This manual defines hot spots of SOC as areas that represent a proportionally little of the global land surface but on which SOC storage is highly effective; bright spots as large land areas with low SOC stocks per km2 that represent a potential for further carbon sequestration.