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. This book provides a thorough analysis of the multifaceted impacts of land use on soils. Abundantly illustrated with full-color images, it brings together renowned academics and policy experts to analyze the patterns, driving factors and proximate causes, and the socioeconomic impacts of soil degradation.

Foreword.- Contributors.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Impact of land use on soil resources.- Soil organic carbon dynamics and land use change.- Land use change and global food production.- Soil erosion and conservation in global agriculture.- Soil Erosion studies in Northern Ethiopia.- Soil degradation under irrigation.- Nutrient and Virtual Water Flows in Traded Agricultural Commodities.- The Lesson of Drente''s ''Essen'': Soil Nutrient Depletion in sub-Saharan Africa and Management Strategies for Soil Replenishment.- Soil Quality and Methods for its Assessment.- The Impact of Urbanization on Soils.- Index.

Provides concise coverage of trends, patterns, determinants, consequences and policy implications of soil degradation across world regions>

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