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Title Land management / Surendra Suthar, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2012]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety
Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety.
Contents LAND MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATIONTECHNOLOGIES, REGULATIONS AND SAFETY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; THE UK APPROACH TO CONTAMINATEDLAND MANAGEMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXTENT OF LAND CONTAMINATION; 3. CONTAMINATED LAND POLICY: A UK PERSPECTIVE; 1. Contaminated Land Legislation; 2. Regulatory Roles and Responsibilities; 3. Definition of Contaminated Land; 4. The Risk-Based Approach; 5. Other Policy Drivers; 4. CONTAMINATED LANDMANAGEMENT PROCESS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
APPLICATION OF SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL(SWAT) IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: A CASESTUDY IN A TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTOF THE PANAMA CANAL WATERSHEDABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 3. THE SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; 4. METHODOLOGY; Model Input Data; Model Calibration and Validation; Validation; Land Cover Change Scenarios; 5. RESULTS; Stream Flow Calibration and Validation; Sediment Calibration and Validation; Land-Use/Land-Cover; Scenarios; 6. DISCUSSION; SWAT and Payment for Ecosystem Services; SWAT and Land Cover Change Scenarios; CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE LANDRESTORATION PRACTICES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER: DEMAND, SUPPLY AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION?; 3. SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM) UNDER CHEMICAL FARMINGSYSTEMS: AN ISSUE OF CONCERN; 4. ORGANIC FARMING: A SOLUTIONFOR MANIFOLD PROBLEMSOF MODERN CHEMICAL FARMING SYSTEM; 5. IMPACT OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ON SOILS QUALITY:A CASE STUDY; 5.1. Background; 5.2. Results and Discussion; 6. ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND SOIL HEALTH BUILDING; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF COMPOSTSAND VERMICOMPOSTS ON P-MINERALIZATIONIN LATERITIC SOIL: FACTORS AFFECTINGTHE PROCESSABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENT SETUP; 2.1. Substrates Used; 2.2. Soil Incubation Study; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 3.1. Soil Chemical Properties; 3.2. Phosphatase Activity in Soil; 3.3. MICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL; 3.4. Phosphate Solubilizing Mechanism; 3.4.1. Organic Acid Assay; 2.4.2. Enzyme Assay; REFERENCES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LANDAND PEOPLE'S FORESTS IN THE INDIAN EASTERNHIMALAYA: A C & I APPROACH; ABSTRACT; REFERENCES
LANDSCAPE STABILITY EVALUATIONBY LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICDYNAMICS (LGD) ASSESSMENT:PLANNING AND MANAGING LANDSCAPESABSTRACT; 1. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW; 2. INTRODUCTION; 3. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DYNAMICSASSESSMENT: MORPHOGENESIS/PEDOGENESIS RATE; 3.1. Morphogenesis/Pedogenesis Rate; 3.2. Morphogenesis; Agriculture; Pastoralism/Grazing; Forestation; Urban Expansion; 3.3. Pedogenesis; 4. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGIC DYNAMICS APPLICATION OFASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES; 4.1. Methodology; 4.2. Case Studies; (i). Morphogenesis Areas; (ii). Pedogenesis Areas; (iii). Intergrade to Morphogenesis Areas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Soil remediation.
Landscape protection.
Soil conservation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
Landscape protection
Soil conservation
Soil remediation
Form Electronic book
Author Suthar, Surendra
LC no. 2019721305
ISBN 9781620814604
1620814609