Screen LibraryCelebrating soil : discovering soils and landscapes /
"This richly illustrated book celebrates the diversity, importance, and intrinsic beauty of soils around the world and helps the reader to understand the ways that soils are related to the landscapes in which they form. The book unravels the complex bond between humans and soils and the importa...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This richly illustrated book celebrates the diversity, importance, and intrinsic beauty of soils around the world and helps the reader to understand the ways that soils are related to the landscapes in which they form. The book unravels the complex bond between humans and soils and the importance of soils in our cultures and everyday lives. Soil is critical to terrestrial life on earth. It underpins human food supply and provides materials on which we build our lives. Soil is out of sight and often out of mind, thus easy to overlook. Yet soil has tremendous variety and intrinsic beauty for |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 243 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319326825 3319326821 |
| Order Number: | B199c |
| Index Number: | S591 |
| CLC: | S15 |
| Call Number: | S15/B186 |
| Contents: | Soils in harmony with the environment -- Soils born of fire -- Soils born of water -- Soils of forests -- Soils of grasslands and rangelands -- Soils in extreme environments -- When the earth moves: Earthquakes, landslides and erosion -- Soils and humans -- Managing and caring for our soils -- Appendices. |