β Scribed by Amitava Rakshit, Purushothaman Chirakuzhyil Abhilash, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Subhadip Ghosh (eds.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The book focuses in detail on learning and adapting through partnerships between managers, scientists, and other stakeΒholders who learn together how to create and maintain sustainable resource systems. As natural areas shrink and fragment, our ability to sustain economic growth and safeguard biological diversity and ecological integrity is increasingly being put to the test. In attempting to meet this unprecedented challenge, adaptive management is becoming a viable alternative for broader application. Adaptive management is an iterative decision-making process which is both operationally and conceptually simple and which incorporates users to acknowledge and account for uncertainty, and sustain an operating environment that promotes its reduction through careful planning, evaluation, and learning until the desired results are achieved.
This multifaceted approach requires clearly defined management objectives to guide decisions about what actions to take, and explicit assumptions about expected outcomes to compare against actual outcomes. In this edited book, we address the issue by pursuing a holistic and systematic approach that utilizes natural resources to reap sustainable environmental, economic and social benefits for adapΒtive management, helping to ensure that relationships between land, water and plants are managed in ways that mimic nature.
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Digital Soil Mapping and Best Management of Soil Resources: A Brief Discussion with Few Case Studies....Pages 3-38
Will the Traditional Agriculture Pass into Oblivion? Adaptive Remote Sensing Approach in Support of Precision Agriculture....Pages 39-67
Site-Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM): A Unique Approach Towards Maintaining Soil Health....Pages 69-88
Soil Mineralogical Perspective on Immobilization/Mobilization of Heavy Metals....Pages 89-102
Using Laboratory Analysis to Inform Adaptive Management....Pages 103-130
Microbial Proteins and Soil Carbon Sequestration....Pages 131-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Use of Soil Amendments in an Integrated Framework for Adaptive Resource Management in Agriculture and Forestry....Pages 143-159
Resource Conservation Technologies for Sustainable Soil Health Management....Pages 161-187
Sustainable Management of Soil Phosphorus in a Changing World....Pages 189-214
Wastewater in Agriculture: Possibilities and Limitations....Pages 215-225
Eco-friendly Nitrogen Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 227-246
Scope of Natural Sources of Potassium in Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 247-259
Changes in SoilβPlantβMicrobes Interactions in Anticipated Climatic Change Conditions....Pages 261-275
Adaptive Soil Management: A Tool for Plant Fitness in Stressful Environment Through Microbial Integrity....Pages 277-299
Impact of Agricultural Management Practices on Mycorrhizal Functioning and Soil Microbiological Parameters Under Soybean-Based Cropping Systems....Pages 301-322
Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils: An Overview....Pages 323-337
Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Ni and Cd: An Overview....Pages 339-357
Urban Soilβs Functions: Monitoring, Assessment, and Management....Pages 359-409
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Enhancing Resource Use Efficiency Through Soil Management for Improving Livelihoods....Pages 413-451
The Relevance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Agricultural Sustainability of the Semi-Arid Tropics....Pages 453-463
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
The Effects of Forest Fire on Soil Organic Matter and Nutrients in Boreal Forests of North America: A Review....Pages 465-476
Climate Mediated Changes in Permafrost and Their Effects on Natural and Human Environments....Pages 477-512
Integrated Natural Resource Management in India Through Participatory Integrated Watershed Management....Pages 513-530
Monitoring and Assessing Anthropogenic Influence on Soilβs Health in Urban Forests: The Case from Moscow City....Pages 531-557
Impacts Assessment of Municipal Solid Squander Dumping in Riparian Corridor Using Multivariate Statistical Techniques....Pages 559-571
Soil Science & Conservation;Environmental Management;Sustainable Development;Agriculture
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