Binding: Paperback
Description: Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes: Sustainable Use of Soil Ecosystem Services and Management focuses on the patterns and processes of mountainous soils including threats due to the fragile nature of mountain ecosystems and the conservation and management of soil ecosystem services and restoration processes. The book covers a balanced approach to land and resource management ensuring that environmentally and socio - culturally sound interventions are developed and applied in the complex geophysical ecological and social landscapes of the world's mountain systems. The book provides holistic understanding of mountain soils to help environmental and soil scientists gain insight and develop new problem - solving approaches. With obvious up - and downstream linkages (e. g. a large proportion of urban canters globally depend on water that originates in the mountains) as well as globalization (e. g. continental - scale impacts of air pollution and climate change on glaciers) the long - range success of conservation measures in mountain regions requires that the following discrete but interconnected interventions be pursued concurrently: (1) the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services (2) empowerment of mountain communities (including family farming) and (3) elaboration of more thoughtful context - specific policy environments for sustainable mountain development.
Title: Understanding Soils Of Mountainous Landscapes Sustainable Use Of Soil Ecosystem Services And Management
Brand: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Barcode: 9780323959254
Pages: 438 Pages
Publication Date: 1/25/2023
Category: Mountains