Didactically written and carefully edited, this two-volume handbook is a prime resource for everyone managing soil and ensuring its sustainable use, for agriculture, construction, recreation and ecosystem conservation.
After a comprehensive introduction to soil and its various functions in agriculture, infrastructure, and ecology, the book systematically addresses soil processes and the external stress factors influencing them, from the local to the global scale. Impacts from soil use by agriculture or construction are discussed, from climate factors, as well as the contamination with pollutants from various sources, for a complete picture of the soil ecosystem and its dynamics. The second volume discusses soil protection measures and the remediation of degraded soils. The complete range of measures and approaches for soil management is addressed, from contemporary urban planning to precision farming methods to the proper cultivation of reclaimed and de-contaminated soils. With its complete coverage, this handbook is a unique resource for anyone tasked with managing soil and ensuring its sustainable use.
Endorsed by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), this handbook is a must-have for everybody with a relation to this important key issue for achieving global sustainability.
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Hans-Peter Blume is emeritus Professor of Soil Science at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel (Germany). In the course of his long academic career, he held appointments at the Universities of Hohenheim and Berlin before moving to Kiel. His scientific accomplishments include studies of soil formation and soil ecology in urban areas as well as in desert areas of Africa and Antarctica. Since 2006, he is an honorary member of the International Union of Soil Sciences, IUSS.
Rainer Horn directs the Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel (Germany). He is a past president of the German Soil Science Society, the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation and at present the president of the International Union of Soil Sciences, IUSS. His research focuses on soil mechanics and soil tillage effects.
Soeren Thiele-Bruhn is professor of Soil Science at the University of Trier (Germany). Prior to his appointment in Trier, he was a researcher at the University of Rostock and at the Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on soil contamination by xenobiotics, especially antibiotics. He is past chairman of the commission II ?Soil Chemistry? of the German Soil Science Society and member of the DIN/ISO standardization committee for soil biological methods.
Herausgeber*in
University of Kiel, Germany
VOLUME 1
PART I: SOIL CHARACTERISTICS AND SOIL FUNCTIONS
Soils as natural bodies
Soils as filters, buffers, and transformers
Modeling of chemicals in soil and in groundwater
Soil water and landscape ecology
Soils as parts of the landscape
Soils as habitats
Soils for agriculture
Soils as paleontological and historical documents
Soils as sources of raw materials
Soils as building and infrastructure construction sites
PART II: SOIL DYNAMICS AND STRESS FACTORS
Soil degradation by construction
Tillage and compaction
Soil erosion
Irrigation and drainage
Managing soil fertility
Pollution and contamination of soils by dusts, acids, metals, pesticides, organic chemicals, cyanides, radionuclides, pathogens and GMOs
Waste deposition
Gas leaks and anthropogenic warming/cooling of soils
Anthropogenic soils
Climate change
VOLUME 2
PART III: SOIL SURVEY AS THE BASIS FOR SOIL PROTECTION
Soil information systems
Soil survey, classification and evaluation
Precision farming
PART IV: PROTECTING SOILS
Legal basis for soil protection
Landscape planning
Urban and industrial planning
Prevention of soil sealing
Prevention of compaction and degradation by tillage
Prevention of erosion
Prevention of pollution and contamination
Education measures to promote soil protection
PART V: REMEDIATION, STABILIZATION, AND RENATURATION OF SOILS
Limiting and reversing soil sealing
Cultivation of reclaimed soils
Renaturation of wetlands
Remediation of compacted soils
Remediation and stabilization of contaminated soils
APPENDIX: UNITS AND ABBREVIATIONS, SUBJECT INDEX
