Soil erosion / Shailendra Singh Gaurav, David Parker.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Black Prints, 2016.Description: 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789384556129 (hardback)
- S623 G23s 2016
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section | Non-fiction | RUS S623 G23s 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Room use only | 77522 | 00077722 |
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
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