Soil erosion /
Shailendra Singh Gaurav, David Parker.
- New Delhi : Black Prints, 2016.
- 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- Soil and water erosion -- Introduction to erosion -- Economics of soil erosion -- Soil as a natural resource and its erosion -- Using GIS, RS for soil erosion mapping -- Socio-economic causes of soil erosion -- Impact of soil erosion -- Land utilization pattern in soil -- Biological control of soil erosion -- Structures for controlling soil erosion
Soil is a nonrenewable resource and once destroyed it is gone forever. It is important therefore to treat soil, especially topsoil, as a living entity. The effect of soil erosion directly hampers the soil fertility.”--Back cover