Soil Erosion and Conservation, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-1-4051-1781-4
Paperback
316 pages
February 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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Soil Erosion and Conservation provides a comprehensive
treatment of the processes of soil erosion, the methods that can be
used for their control, and the issues involved in designing and
implementing soil conservation programmes.
Features of the third edition of this internationally recognised
textbook include:
- New material on gully erosion, tillage practices, erosion risk
assessment, use of erosion models, incentives for farmers and land
users, and community approaches to erosion control
- Updated sections on the mechanics of wind erosion, soil
erodibility, use of vegetation in erosion control, traditional soil
conservation measures, socio-economic issues and the role of
government
- Describes the methods used to assess the risk of erosion and
predict rates of soil loss
- Outlines the social, economic, political and institutional
constraints on implementing soil protection measures
- Covers erosion and its control for agriculture, grazing,
forestry, mining land, road banks, pipeline corridors and
recreation
- Provides worldwide coverage of the success and failure of erosion control using material from Europe, Africa, Australia, America and Asia
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