
Soils and Environment
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-415-06888-8 (ISBN)
Description
Soils represent the result of a complex set of interacting processes and are an integral component of the environment. Yet soils remain the most undervalued and misused of the Earth's resources. This work examines the fundamental importance of soils. Combining practical analysis and interpretation with a theoretical approach, the authors discuss the properties of soils, debate the environmental factors that influence their development, and address their resulting spatial characteristics on a global scale. Examining the impact of environmental controls on soil formation this book also analyzes the role of soils as components of natural environmental systems, and soil-human interactions. A glossary of terms aids the less scientific reader. Adopting macro and micro-scale, pure and applied, spatial and temporal, and natural and human related approaches, this book offers an understanding of soils within an environmental context. As environmental problems, such as pollution, acidification, erosion and climatic change become matters of greater concern, this work offers an understanding for readers across a spectrum of environmentally-related subjects.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
32 s/w Tabellen
32 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
641 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-06888-8 (9780415068888)
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Steve Ellis | Tony Mellor
Soils and Environment
Book
10/1995
Routledge
€166.38
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Persons
S. Ellis is a lecturer in Geography and Earth Resources at the University of Hull. A. Mellor is a senior lecturer in Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Soil Constituents and Properties 3. Soil Formation - Processes and Profiles 4. Soil Formation and Environment 5. Soils and the Past 6. Soils in Natural Systems 7. Soils in Landuse Systems 8. Soils and Environmental Problems 9. Soil Survey and Land Evaluation 10. Conclusions Glossary References Index