Soil Resilience and Sustainable Land Use

Soil Resilience and Sustainable Land Use

Author: D.J. Greenland, Istvan Szabolcs
ISBN: 9780851988719
Pages: 576
Format: 16 Χ 24
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 1994


Main Description
This book presents papers developed from the second workshop on the ecological foundations of sustainable agriculture (WEFSA II) held in late 1992 in Budapest. Written by eminent authorities from every continent, the book represents a major review and synthesis of the field and will be indispensable for all concerned with soil science, land use and sustainable agriculture.

Main Contents
Part I Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Resilience
• The ecological foundations of sustainable land use: Hungarian agriculture and the way to sustainability, I Lαng
• Soil resilience and sustainable land management in the context of AGENDA 21, H Eswaran
• The concept of soil resilience, I Szabolcs
• Sustainable land use systems and soil resilience, R Lal
• The biological dimension of soil resilience: The impact of molecular biology, J M Lynch
• Ecological-economic assessment of soil management practices for sustainable land use in tropical countries, A-M N Izac
Part II The Extent of Soil Degradation
• The global extent of soil degradation, L R Oldeman
• Soil degradation in Hungary, P Stefanovits
• Degraded lands and their rehabilitation in India, I P Abrol and J L Sehgal
• Constraints in managing soils for sustainable land use in drylands, B G Rozanov
Part III Avoiding and Combating Soil Degradation
• Determinants of resilience in soil nutrient dynamics, H Tiessen, J W B Stewart and D W Anderson
• Maintaining nutrient status of soils: Macronutrients, P Stangel, C Pieri and U Mokwunye
• Maintaining soil micronutrient status, A Kabata-Pendias
• Maintaining soil physical conditions, R I Papendick
• Maintaining the biological status of soil: A key to sustainable land management, M J Swift
• Sustainable land use in the light of resilience/elasticity to soil organic matter fluctuations, H W Scharpenseel and P Becker-Heidmann
Part IV Soil Organisms and Soil Resilience
• Functional attributes of biodiversity in land use systems, J M Anderson
• Soil fauna and sustainable land use in the humid tropics, P Lavelle et al.
• Interrelationships between biological activities, soil properties and soil management, L Brussaard
• Biological indicators of soil health and sustainable productivity, C E Pankhurst
• Biodiversity and soil resilience, L F Elliott and J M Lynch
Part V Methodologies for the Study of Soil Resilience and Sustainable Land Use
• Long-term field experiments: Their importance in understanding sustainable land use, D S Powlson and A E Johnston
• The setting-up, conduct and applicability of long-term, continuing field experiments in agricultural research, A E Johnston and D S Powlson
• Modelling changes in soil properties, A Young
• Structural aspects of soil resilience, B D Kay, V Rasiah and E Perfect
• Soil databases for sustainable land use: Hungarian case study, G Vαrallyay
• The role of information services in sustainable land use, J L Nowland, A E Shaw and W J Reid
Part VI Promoting soil resilience for sustainable land use
• Using collaborative research networks to promote sustainable land use, M Latham and J K Syers
• The work of FAO’s land and water division in sustainable land use, W G Sombroek
• A concept of sustainability and resilience based on soil functions: The role of the International Society of Soil Science in promoting sustainable land use, W E H Blum and A Aguilar Santelises
Appendix: Recommendations of the working group.