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.

Table des matières

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.

A propos de l'auteur

Pierce\, Francis J.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Francis J. Pierce, Pierce Francis J.
• Collaboration: W. W. Frye (Editeur), F. J. Pierce (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.02.1998
• EAN: 9781575040837
• ISBN: 978-1-57504-083-7
• Pages: 254
• Poids: 720 g
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Agriculture, horticulture; sylviculture, pisciculture, alimentation; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie privée; 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