A guide to the selection, construction, and installation of soil bioengineering and biotechnical slope protection against erosion and mass wasting, for professionals and students in geotechnical engineering, geology, soil science, forestry, landscape architecture, and restoratio…
"Images of children starving because of environmental destruction have become an integral part of the way that Africa is perceived in the north. That is a typical signpost to the lie of the land. This book questions the reasoning behind such images." "How do environmental orthod…
Agricultural engineering: proceedings of the Eleventh International Congres…
by Dodd, Vincent A., Grace, Patrick M., International Commission of Agricultural Engineering, International Congress on Agricultural Engineering, Dublin, Ireland), Carr, M. K. V., Hess, T. M., Leeds-Harrison, P. B., Morris, J., Noble, D. H., Ogunmokun, A. A., Upcraft, M. J.
This introductory text aims to help students understand the behaviour of soils in the man-made and the natural environment. It is structured in two parts: Part A is an introduction to general soil properties and processes, whilst Part B considers soil in relation to the environm…
This introductory text aims to help students understand the behaviour of soils in the man-made and the natural environment. It is structured in two parts: Part A is an introduction to general soil properties and processes, whilst Part B considers soil in relation to the environm…
World Soil Erosion and Conservation
This important book explores the need for the immediate conservation of the world's soil resources.
"Land degradation from soil erosion has been considered by many to be a problem of significant proportion, affecting some 30-50% of the earth's land surface. At the time of the first publication of this book in 1993, estimates indicated that 10-15 million hectares of land were b…
"Land degradation from soil erosion has been considered by many to be a problem of significant proportion, affecting some 30-50% of the earth's land surface. At the time of the first publication of this book in 1993, estimates indicated that 10-15 million hectares of land were b…
