TY - BOOK ID - 217062 TI - Land use and soil resources AU - Braimoh, Ademola K. AU - Vlek, Paul L. G. PY - 2008 SN - 1281206148 9786611206147 140206778X 1402067771 9048177235 PB - Dordrecht ; London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Land use KW - Land use. KW - Soil degradation KW - Soil degradation. KW - Soil management KW - Soil management. KW - Government policy. KW - Management. KW - Degradation, Soil KW - Land degradation KW - Land KW - Land utilization KW - Use of land KW - Utilization of land KW - Economics KW - Land cover KW - Landscape assessment KW - NIMBY syndrome KW - Soils KW - Soil science KW - Agronomy KW - Management KW - Environmental sciences. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Environmental management. KW - Physical geography. KW - Environmental Science and Engineering. KW - Environment, general. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Physical Geography. KW - Biogeosciences. KW - Geography KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Conservation of soil KW - Erosion control, Soil KW - Soil erosion KW - Soil erosion control KW - Agricultural conservation KW - Environmental science KW - Science KW - Control KW - Prevention KW - Conservation KW - Environment. KW - Soil science. KW - Geobiology. KW - Biology KW - Earth sciences KW - Biosphere KW - Pedology (Soil science) KW - Agriculture KW - Balance of nature KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Population biology KW - Ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:217062 AB - Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes. It influences the basic resources of land use, including the soil. Its impact on soil often occurs so creepingly that land managers hardly contemplate initiating ameliorative or counterbalance measures. Poor land management has degraded vast amounts of land, reduced our ability to produce enough food, and is a major threat to rural livelihoods in many developing countries. To date, there has been no single unifying volume that addresses the multifaceted impacts of land use on soils. This book has responded to this challenge by bringing together renowned academics and policy experts to analyze the patterns, driving factors and proximate causes, and the socioeconomic impacts of soil degradation. Policy measures to prevent irreversible degradation and rehabilitate degraded soils are also identified. ER -