Land Use and Soil Resources || Soil Degradation Under Irrigation

✍ Scribed by Braimoh, Ademola K.; Vlek, Paul L. G.

• Book ID: 120352392
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 267 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 140206778X
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6778-5_6

✦ Synopsis

Poor land management has degraded vast amounts of land, reduced our ability to produce enough food, and is a major threat to rural livelihoods in many developing countries. This book provides a thorough analysis of the multifaceted impacts of land use on soils. Abundantly illustrated with full-color images, it brings together renowned academics and policy experts to analyze the patterns, driving factors and proximate causes, and the socioeconomic impacts of soil degradation.