Soil resilience and sustainable land use : Proceedings of a symposium held in Budapest, 28 September to 2 October 1992, including the Second Workshop on the Ecological Foundations of Sustainable Agriculture (WEFSA II) / edited by D.J. Greenland and I. Szabolcs.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxon : CAB International, 1994Description: xiv, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0851988717; 9780851988719Subject(s): Sustainable agriculture -- Congresses | Soil remediation -- Symposium | Land use, Rural -- Congresses | Soils -- Plastic properties -- Congresses | Land use | Land use, Rural | Soil remediation | Soils -- Plastic properties | Sustainable agriculture | Agrarokologie | Bodenerosion | Bodennutzung | Bodenverschmutzung | Landwirtschaft | UmweltvertraglichkeitGenre/Form: Kongress -- Budapest -- 1992. | Conference papers and proceedings.DDC classification: 631.4 LOC classification: S494.5.S86 | S65 1994Other classification: RB 10165 | ZC 15500 | LAN 080f | UMW 183f | UMW 141f Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / D. J. Greenland and I. Szabolcs -- Foreword / M. S. Swaminathan -- 1. The Ecological Foundations of Sustainable Land Use: Hungarian Agriculture and the Way to Sustainability / I. Lang -- 2. Soil Resilience and Sustainable Land Management in the Context of AGENDA 21 / H. Eswaran -- 3. The Concept of Soil Resilience / I. Szabolcs -- 4. Sustainable Land Use Systems and Soil Resilience / R. Lal -- 5. The Biological Dimension of Soil Resilience: the Impact of Molecular Biology / J. M. Lynch -- 6. Ecological-Economic Assessment of Soil Management Practices for Sustainable Land Use in Tropical Countries / A.-M. N. Izac -- 7. The Global Extent of Soil Degradation / L. R. Oldeman -- 8. Soil Degradation in Hungary / P. Stefanovits -- 9. Degraded Lands and Their Rehabilitation in India / I. P. Abrol and J. L. Sehgal -- 10. Constraints in Managing Soils for Sustainable Land Use in Drylands / B. G. Rozanov -- 11. Determinants of Resilience in Soil Nutrient Dynamics / H. Tiessen, J. W. B. Stewart and D. W. Anderson -- 12. Maintaining Nutrient Status of Soils: Macronutrients / P. Stangel, C. Pieri and U. Mokwunye -- 13. Maintaining Soil Micronutrient Status / A. Kabata-Pendias -- 14. Maintaining Soil Physical Conditions / R. I. Papendick -- 15. Maintaining the Biological Status of Soil: a Key to Sustainable Land Management / M. J. Swift -- 16. Sustainable Land Use in the Light of Resilience/Elasticity to Soil Organic Matter Fluctuations / H. W. Scharpenseel and P. Becker-Heidmann
17. Functional Attributes of Biodiversity in Land Use Systems / J. M. Anderson -- 18. Soil Fauna and Sustainable Land Use in the Humid Tropics / P. Lavelle, C. Gilot, C. Fragoso and B. Pashanasi -- 19. Interrelationships between Biological Activities, Soil Properties and Soil Management / L. Brussaard -- 20. Biological Indicators of Soil Health and Sustainable Productivity / C. E. Pankhurst -- 21. Biodiversity and Soil Resilience / L. F. Elliott and J. M. Lynch -- 22. Long-term Field Experiments: their Importance in Understanding Sustainable Land Use / D. S. Powlson and A. E. Johnston -- 23. The Setting-up, Conduct and Applicability of Long-term, Continuing Field Experiments in Agricultural Research / A. E. Johnston and D. S. Powlson -- 24. Modelling Changes in Soil Properties / A. Young -- 25. Structural Aspects of Soil Resilience / B. D. Kay, V. Rasiah and E. Perfect -- 26. Soil Databases for Sustainable Land Use: Hungarian Case Study / G. Varallyay -- 27. The Role of Information Services in Sustainable Land Use / J. L. Nowland, A. E. Shaw and W. J. Reid -- 28. Using Collaborative Research Networks to Promote Sustainable Land Use / M. Latham and J. K. Syers -- 29. The Work of FAO's Land and Water Division in Sustainable Land Use / W. G. Sombrock -- 30. 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 Groups.
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