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Soil erosion and conservation
Morgan, Royston Philip Charles
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Soil Erosion and Conservation provides a comprehensive treatment of the processes of soil erosion, the methods that can be used for their control, and the issues involved in designing and implementing soil conservation programmes.
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Features of the third edition of this internationally recognised textbook include: * New material on gully erosion, tillage practices, erosion risk assessment, use of erosion models, incentives for farmers and land users, and community approaches to erosion control * Updated sections on the mechanics of wind erosion, soil erodibility, use of vegetation in erosion control, traditional soil conservation measures, socio--economic issues and the role of government * Describes the methods used to assess the risk of erosion and predict rates of soil loss * Outlines the social, economic, political and institutional constraints on implementing soil protection measures * Covers erosion and its control for agriculture, grazing, forestry, mining land, road banks, pipeline corridors and recreation * Provides worldwide coverage of the success and failure of erosion control using material from Europe, Africa, Australia, America and Asia An Instructor manual CD--ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at HigherEducation@wiley.com for more information.
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SCT 90 MORG/2
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