Advances in Soil and Water Conservation

This book is an outcome of the symposium on fifty years of soil and water conservation research: past accomplishments and future challenges held in Des Moines, IA in 1995. It addresses the technological developments, policies in erosion processes and conservation of soil and water in the future.

List of contents

Understanding and Controlling of Soil Erosion by Rainfall, Mechanics, Modeling, and Controlling Soil Erosion by Wind, Conservation Tillage for Erosion Control and Soil Quality, Soil Management Research for Water Conservation and Quality, Agricultural Technology and Adoption of Conservation Practices, R.R. Allmaras, D.E. Wilkins, O.C. Burnside. The Human Dimension of Soil and Water Conservation: A Historical and Methodological Perspective. The Connection between Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture. Policy and Government Programs in Soil and Water Conservation, W.E. Larson, M.J. Mausbach, B.L. Schmidt, and Soil and Water Conservation: Soil Science in the Next Half Century.

About the author

Pierce\, Francis J.

Summary

This book is an outcome of the symposium on fifty years of soil and water conservation research: past accomplishments and future challenges held in Des Moines, IA in 1995. It addresses the technological developments, policies in erosion processes and conservation of soil and water in the future.

Product details

• Authors: Francis J. Pierce, Pierce Francis J.
• Assisted by: W. W. Frye (Editor), F. J. Pierce (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1998
• EAN: 9781575040837
• ISBN: 978-1-57504-083-7
• No. of pages: 254
• Weight: 720 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; NATURE / Natural Resources, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Limnology (inland waters), Soil science, sedimentology, Limnology (Freshwater), Sedimentology and pedology, Sanitary and municipal engineering, Sanitary & municipal engineering