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Soil Erosion and Conservation

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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Title of ebook: Soil Erosion and Conservation
ISBN: 9781405144674
parent-ISBN: 9781405117814
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Internet download file size: 4424 kb
Published: 02-2009
Released online for download: 02-05-2009
Author of eBook: Morgan, R. P. C.

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