Land Management.

Intro -- LAND MANAGEMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATIONTECHNOLOGIES, REGULATIONS AND SAFETY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE UK APPROACH TO CONTAMINATEDLAND MANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXTENT OF LAND CONTAMINATION -- 3. CONTAMINATED LAND POLICY: A UK PERSPECTIVE -- 1. Contaminated Land Legislation -- 2. Regulatory Roles and Responsibilities -- 3. Definition of Contaminated Land -- 4. The Risk-Based Approach -- 5. Other Policy Drivers -- 4. CONTAMINATED LANDMANAGEMENT PROCESS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPLICATION OF SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL(SWAT) IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: A CASESTUDY IN A TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTOF THE PANAMA CANAL WATERSHED -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- 3. THE SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL -- 4. METHODOLOGY -- Model Input Data -- Model Calibration and Validation -- Validation -- Land Cover Change Scenarios -- 5. RESULTS -- Stream Flow Calibration and Validation -- Sediment Calibration and Validation -- Land-Use/Land-Cover -- Scenarios -- 6. DISCUSSION -- SWAT and Payment for Ecosystem Services -- SWAT and Land Cover Change Scenarios -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ORGANIC AMENDMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE LANDRESTORATION PRACTICES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER: DEMAND,SUPPLY AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION? -- 3. SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM) UNDER CHEMICAL FARMINGSYSTEMS: AN ISSUE OF CONCERN -- 4. ORGANIC FARMING: A SOLUTIONFOR MANIFOLD PROBLEMSOF MODERN CHEMICAL FARMING SYSTEM -- 5. IMPACT OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ON SOILS QUALITY:A CASE STUDY -- 5.1. Background -- 5.2. Results and Discussion -- 6. ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND SOIL HEALTH BUILDING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF COMPOSTSAND VERMICOMPOSTS ON P-MINERALIZATIONIN LATERITIC SOIL: FACTORS AFFECTINGTHE PROCESS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENT SETUP -- 2.1. Substrates Used -- 2.2. Soil Incubation Study -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Soil Chemical Properties -- 3.2. Phosphatase Activity in Soil -- 3.3. MICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL -- 3.4. Phosphate Solubilizing Mechanism -- 3.4.1. Organic Acid Assay -- 2.4.2. Enzyme Assay -- REFERENCES -- SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LANDAND PEOPLE'S FORESTS IN THE INDIAN EASTERNHIMALAYA: A C&amp -- I APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- LANDSCAPE STABILITY EVALUATIONBY LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICDYNAMICS (LGD) ASSESSMENT:PLANNING AND MANAGING LANDSCAPES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DYNAMICSASSESSMENT: MORPHOGENESIS/PEDOGENESIS RATE -- 3.1. Morphogenesis/Pedogenesis Rate -- 3.2. Morphogenesis -- Agriculture -- Pastoralism/Grazing -- Forestation -- Urban Expansion -- 3.3. Pedogenesis -- 4. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGIC DYNAMICS APPLICATION OFASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES -- 4.1. Methodology -- 4.2. Case Studies -- (i). Morphogenesis Areas -- (ii). Pedogenesis Areas -- (iii). Intergrade to Morphogenesis Areas -- Intergrade to Morphogenesis I -- Intergrade to Morphogenesis II -- (iv). Intergrade to Pedogenesis Areas -- Intergrade to Pedogenesis II -- Intergrade to Pedogenesis I -- 5. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGIC DYNAMICS ASSESSMENT ANDLAND MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RESTORATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE USE OFCOMPLEX LANDSCAPES:AN INTEGRATIVE CONCEPTUAL MODEL -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RESTORATION FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTOF CONIFER FORESTS IN WESTERN MEXICO -- 3. PLANT RESTORATION EXPERIENCESIN NUEVO SAN JUAN -- 4. ZOOLOGICAL EVIDENCE -- 5. IMPLICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

RECLAMATION OF DEGRADED LANDTHROUGH FORESTRY PRACTICES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION AND ITS TYPES -- 2. LAND DEGRADATION - A GLOBAL CONCERN -- 3. RECLAMATION OF DEGRADED LANDS -- a. Reclamation of Degraded Land through Agroforestry Practices -- b. Reclamation of Degraded Land through Bioenergy Plantation -- 4. BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF FORESTRY PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- GREEN TECHNOLOGY TO ACCELERATEECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROCESSON LLMESTONE MINE DEGRADED LAND -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MICROBES AND NUTRIENT CYCLE -- 3. MYCORRHIZAL TECHNOLOGY IN LAND RESTORATION -- 4. RESTORATION PROCESS -- (I) Restoration of Soil Characteristics -- (II) Ecosystem Approach for Mined Land Restoration -- (III) Activities under Ecosystem Approach of Rehabilitation -- (IV) Selection of Site-specific Suitable Plant Species -- 5. BIO- INOCULANTS IN SOIL RESTORATION -- 6. MULCHING AND MANURING -- 7. PLANTATION ACTS AS CATALYST -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

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