Soil science and management

This book demonstrates the measurement, monitoring, mapping and modelling of soil pollution and land resources.

This volume contains selected contributions from geoENV III - the Third European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Sciences, held in Avignon, France in November 2000.

It is not long ago that scientists realized, our study and understanding of most environmental problems call for a cross-sectional, more holistic view.

Agriculture increasingly faces the challenge of balancing its multiple functions in a sustainable way.

This book combines new quantitative erosion measurement methods with a geochemical fingerprint and a model-based approach to measure erosion and sediment flux in the Wadi Al-Arab, a Mediterranean to semi-arid catchment in northwest Jordan.

Soil fertility is the backbone of agricultural systems and plays a key role in determining food quantity and quality.

This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environ- mental management.

As we transition into the 21st century, it is apparent that this is an exciting time for environmental engineers and scientists studying remediation technologies.

Bioremediation is the use of microorganisms' metabolism to degrade waste contaminants (sewage, domestic, and industrial effluents) into non-toxic or less toxic materials by natural biological processes.

Minimize loss of revenue and the downtime of critical assets by avoiding foundation cracking, poor bonds, and initial alignment changes.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedology in Ireland.

This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

This book addresses the impact of soil and water quality on food production, and explores soil and water conservation measures to be applied at farm level for agricultural sustainability.

Bioremediation is a rapidly advancing field and the technology has been applied successfully to remediate many contaminated sites.

Worldwide concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental com- munities over traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.

Soil analysis is critically important in the management of soil-based production systems.

Bioaugmentation, biostimulation and biocontrol approaches using microbial inoculants, biofertilizers, biochemicals and organic amendments improve soil biology, fertility and crop productivity by providing plant growth-promoting nutrients and suppressing soil-borne diseases and plant-parasitic nematodes.

Fertilizer is a vital component of strategies for expanding foodproduction.

In every respect, human development and human security are closely linked to the productivity of ecosystems.

This monograph covers uniqueness of micromorphology in resolving many important but enigmatic pedological issues such as clay illuviation, formation of pedogenic and non-pedogenic CaCO3, modification of plasmic fabric, contemporary and relict pedogenic processes, polygenesis of soils in Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, Vertisols and Inceptisols of the tropical Indian environments.

The main objective of this book is to integrate environmental knowledge observed in local agriculture, based on the understanding of soils science and ecology, and to propose possible technical solutions and a more integrated approach to tropical agriculture.

Traditional reliance on chemical analysis to understand the direction and extent of treatment in a bioremediation process has been found to be inadequate.

The book is a practical manual which has been created to support the syllabus of agro-meteorology courses specifically designed for graduate and post-graduate students.

Agronomic crops have been used to provide foods, beverages, fodders, fuels, medicines and industrial raw materials since the dawn of human civilization.

Achieving a sustainable agriculture requires integrating advances in multiples disciplines, covering both fundamental and applied research in a common objective: enhancing crop health for better productions.

This book discusses Nevada in the context of the history of soil investigations; soil-forming factors; general soil regions; soil geomorphology; taxonomic structure of the soils; taxonomic soil regions; soil-forming processes; benchmark, endemic, rare, and endangered soils; and use of soils.

Most of the nuclear facilities built since the Second World War have ceased active operation and have been decommissioned.

This book provides guidelines for using a new approach of resampling the Cs-137 radionuclide tracer which is used to estimate soil erosion rates.

This book is the only comprehensive summary of natural resources of Oregon and adds to World Soil Book Series state-level collection.

This book combines soil science, earth science, and environmental geochemistry, providing comprehensive background information for specialists interested in chemical-induced changes in the soil-subsurface system.

This book highlights recent advances in the discipline of biogeochemistry that have directly resulted from the development of critical zone (CZ) science.

As the world population is exploding and alongside fluctuations in climate is also prevalent, there is an increasing stress on the food requirements of the population.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the soils of Bangladesh.

Environmental pollution by harmful anthropogenic substances and uncontrolled use of natural reserves have become a global problem and require substantial efforts for developing and applying efficient measures of control, mitigation and abatement.

With an ever-increasing demand for more food supply, agricultural scientists will have to search for new ways and technologies to promote food production.

This book gathers the latest insights into soil health and its sustainability, providing an up-to-date overview of the various aspects of soil quality and fertility management, e.

The most important processes on the Earth`s surface occur in the Ocean where materials and energy are primarily exchanged.

Soils of volcanic areas often exhibit unique properties differentiating them from other soils on Earth.

Das Öko-Auditing wird in Kürze eines der wichtigsten betrieblichen Werkzeuge des professionellen Umweltschutz-Managements sein.

Nowadays, major environmental issues are the object of large public debates de- spite the fact that scientific knowledge is often insufficient to draw unequivocal conclusions.

This book describes selected microbial genera from the perspective of their environmentally and commercially sustainable use.

Chemical fertilizers have had a significant impact on food production in the recent past, and are today an indispensable part of modern agriculture.

This book focuses on the recent advances in precision agriculture and satellite farming, detailing applications for sensing, data handling, modeling, and control.

This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of the understanding of the interaction between the emission of nitrogen, its deposition and impact on the most important components of natural and semi-natural ecosystems.

Dieses Handbuch besteht aus insgesamt 7 Einzelbänden.

Soil biota is an important and fundamental part of terrestrial ecology.

Soil is formed from the physical and chemical weathering of rocks-processes described historically becau'se they involve eons of time-by glaciation and by wind and water transport of soil materials, which are later deposited in deltas and loessial planes.

Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa.

This compilation has been designed to provide a comprehensive source of theoretical and practical update for scientists working in the broad field of soil science.