Soil Degradation, Restoration and Management in a Global Change Context

Synthetizes knowledge on the impacts of soil degradation in the environment, along with best land use practices for prevention and restoration

Paulo Pereira (Volume editor)

9780128164150, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 28 October 2019

536 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.3 cm, 0.41 kg

Soil Degradation, Restoration and Management in a Global Change Context, volume four in the Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection series, explores a wide breadth of emerging and state-of-the-art technologies and provides the best practices to manage soils affected by degradation. Soils are the base of life, thus a sustainable soil management is crucial in a context of global environmental change. Chapters in this new release include Soil degradation, processes, future treats and possible solutions, Agriculture and grazing environments, Abandoned and afforested lands, Environments affected by fire, Mining environments, Urban areas, and Lands affected by war.

1. To whom the burden of soil degradation and management concerns Amber M. Bateman and Miriam Muñoz-Rojas 2. Agriculture and grazing environments Igor Bogunovic, Manuel Pulido Fernandez, Ivica Kisic, and Maria Burguet Marimon 3. Soil degradation, restoration and management in abandoned and afforested lands Teodoro Lasanta, José Arnaez, and Estela Nadal-Romero 4. Environments affected by fire Paulo Pereira, Juan F. Martínez-Murillo, and Marcos Francos 5. Mining environments María Gabarrón, Raúl Zornoza, Jose A. Acosta, Ángel Faz, and Silvia Martínez-Martínez 6. Urban areas Carla S.S. Ferreira, Zahra Kalantari, Luca Salvati, Loredana Canfora, Ilaria Zambon, and Rory P.D. Walsh

Subject Areas: Pollution control [TQK], The environment [RN]