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Land management / Surendra Suthar, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safetyPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781620814604
  • 1620814609
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Land managementDDC classification:
  • 333.73 23
LOC classification:
  • TD878
Online resources:
Contents:
LAND MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATIONTECHNOLOGIES, REGULATIONS AND SAFETY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; THE UK APPROACH TO CONTAMINATEDLAND MANAGEMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXTENT OF LAND CONTAMINATION; 3. CONTAMINATED LAND POLICY: A UK PERSPECTIVE; 1. Contaminated Land Legislation; 2. Regulatory Roles and Responsibilities; 3. Definition of Contaminated Land; 4. The Risk-Based Approach; 5. Other Policy Drivers; 4. CONTAMINATED LANDMANAGEMENT PROCESS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
APPLICATION OF SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL(SWAT) IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: A CASESTUDY IN A TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTOF THE PANAMA CANAL WATERSHEDABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 3. THE SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; 4. METHODOLOGY; Model Input Data; Model Calibration and Validation; Validation; Land Cover Change Scenarios; 5. RESULTS; Stream Flow Calibration and Validation; Sediment Calibration and Validation; Land-Use/Land-Cover; Scenarios; 6. DISCUSSION; SWAT and Payment for Ecosystem Services; SWAT and Land Cover Change Scenarios; CONCLUSION.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE LANDRESTORATION PRACTICES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER: DEMAND, SUPPLY AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION?; 3. SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM) UNDER CHEMICAL FARMINGSYSTEMS: AN ISSUE OF CONCERN; 4. ORGANIC FARMING: A SOLUTIONFOR MANIFOLD PROBLEMSOF MODERN CHEMICAL FARMING SYSTEM; 5. IMPACT OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ON SOILS QUALITY:A CASE STUDY; 5.1. Background; 5.2. Results and Discussion; 6. ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND SOIL HEALTH BUILDING; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF COMPOSTSAND VERMICOMPOSTS ON P-MINERALIZATIONIN LATERITIC SOIL: FACTORS AFFECTINGTHE PROCESSABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENT SETUP; 2.1. Substrates Used; 2.2. Soil Incubation Study; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 3.1. Soil Chemical Properties; 3.2. Phosphatase Activity in Soil; 3.3. MICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL; 3.4. Phosphate Solubilizing Mechanism; 3.4.1. Organic Acid Assay; 2.4.2. Enzyme Assay; REFERENCES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LANDAND PEOPLE'S FORESTS IN THE INDIAN EASTERNHIMALAYA: A C & I APPROACH; ABSTRACT; REFERENCES.
LANDSCAPE STABILITY EVALUATIONBY LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICDYNAMICS (LGD) ASSESSMENT:PLANNING AND MANAGING LANDSCAPESABSTRACT; 1. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW; 2. INTRODUCTION; 3. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DYNAMICSASSESSMENT: MORPHOGENESIS/PEDOGENESIS RATE; 3.1. Morphogenesis/Pedogenesis Rate; 3.2. Morphogenesis; Agriculture; Pastoralism/Grazing; Forestation; Urban Expansion; 3.3. Pedogenesis; 4. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGIC DYNAMICS APPLICATION OFASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES; 4.1. Methodology; 4.2. Case Studies; (i). Morphogenesis Areas; (ii). Pedogenesis Areas; (iii). Intergrade to Morphogenesis Areas.
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LAND MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATIONTECHNOLOGIES, REGULATIONS AND SAFETY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; THE UK APPROACH TO CONTAMINATEDLAND MANAGEMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXTENT OF LAND CONTAMINATION; 3. CONTAMINATED LAND POLICY: A UK PERSPECTIVE; 1. Contaminated Land Legislation; 2. Regulatory Roles and Responsibilities; 3. Definition of Contaminated Land; 4. The Risk-Based Approach; 5. Other Policy Drivers; 4. CONTAMINATED LANDMANAGEMENT PROCESS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.

APPLICATION OF SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL(SWAT) IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: A CASESTUDY IN A TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTOF THE PANAMA CANAL WATERSHEDABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 3. THE SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; 4. METHODOLOGY; Model Input Data; Model Calibration and Validation; Validation; Land Cover Change Scenarios; 5. RESULTS; Stream Flow Calibration and Validation; Sediment Calibration and Validation; Land-Use/Land-Cover; Scenarios; 6. DISCUSSION; SWAT and Payment for Ecosystem Services; SWAT and Land Cover Change Scenarios; CONCLUSION.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE LANDRESTORATION PRACTICES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER: DEMAND, SUPPLY AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION?; 3. SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM) UNDER CHEMICAL FARMINGSYSTEMS: AN ISSUE OF CONCERN; 4. ORGANIC FARMING: A SOLUTIONFOR MANIFOLD PROBLEMSOF MODERN CHEMICAL FARMING SYSTEM; 5. IMPACT OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ON SOILS QUALITY:A CASE STUDY; 5.1. Background; 5.2. Results and Discussion; 6. ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND SOIL HEALTH BUILDING; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.

COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF COMPOSTSAND VERMICOMPOSTS ON P-MINERALIZATIONIN LATERITIC SOIL: FACTORS AFFECTINGTHE PROCESSABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENT SETUP; 2.1. Substrates Used; 2.2. Soil Incubation Study; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 3.1. Soil Chemical Properties; 3.2. Phosphatase Activity in Soil; 3.3. MICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL; 3.4. Phosphate Solubilizing Mechanism; 3.4.1. Organic Acid Assay; 2.4.2. Enzyme Assay; REFERENCES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LANDAND PEOPLE'S FORESTS IN THE INDIAN EASTERNHIMALAYA: A C & I APPROACH; ABSTRACT; REFERENCES.

LANDSCAPE STABILITY EVALUATIONBY LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICDYNAMICS (LGD) ASSESSMENT:PLANNING AND MANAGING LANDSCAPESABSTRACT; 1. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW; 2. INTRODUCTION; 3. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DYNAMICSASSESSMENT: MORPHOGENESIS/PEDOGENESIS RATE; 3.1. Morphogenesis/Pedogenesis Rate; 3.2. Morphogenesis; Agriculture; Pastoralism/Grazing; Forestation; Urban Expansion; 3.3. Pedogenesis; 4. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGIC DYNAMICS APPLICATION OFASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES; 4.1. Methodology; 4.2. Case Studies; (i). Morphogenesis Areas; (ii). Pedogenesis Areas; (iii). Intergrade to Morphogenesis Areas.

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