Description
The theme of this book is a far reaching one and should attract great interest, both in industrialized as well as in less developed countries. Although the question of climate change and its effects on soil productivity is overshadowed by so many current events, it is almost certain that this subject will remain on the international agenda for the years to come; not only as science and research are concerned but also in relation to development policies, agricultural policies and others, especially since poor, rich, developed and developing countries are equally threatened by these problems.
Chapter
Conclusions and recommendations
pp.:
16 – 24
Chapter 1. Overview of the greenhouse effect. Global change syndrome, general outlook
pp.:
24 – 38
Chapter 2. Inputs to climatic change by soil and agriculture related activities. Present status and possible future trends
pp.:
38 – 54
Chapter 3. Processes that affect soil morphology
pp.:
54 – 62
Chapter 4. Influence of climatic change on soil moisture regime, texture, structure and erosion
pp.:
62 – 74
Chapter 5. Resilience against climate change? Soil minerals, transformations and surface properties, Eh, Ph
pp.:
74 – 84
Chapter 6. Impact of climatic change on soil attributes. Influence on salinization and alkalinization
pp.:
84 – 94
Chapter 7. Soil organic matter and biology in relation to climate change
pp.:
94 – 112
Chapter 8. Influence of climatic change on development of problem soils, especially in the alluvial domains
pp.:
112 – 132
Chapter 9. Potential influence of climate change on soil organic matter and tropical agroforestry
pp.:
132 – 144
Chapter 10. The use of models of soil pedogenic processes in understanding changing land use and climatic conditions
pp.:
144 – 160
Chapter 11. Impacts of anthropogenic atmospheric pollution on soils, with special relevance to tropical and subtropical soils, and possible consequences of the greenhouse effect
pp.:
160 – 168
Chapter 12. Changes in soil resources in response to a gradually rising sea-level
pp.:
168 – 180
Chapter 13. Soils on a warmer earth: tropical and subtropical regions
pp.:
180 – 198
Chapter 14. Soils on a warmer earth: subtropical and Mediterranean regions
pp.:
198 – 200
Chapter 15. Impact of climate warming on arid region soils
pp.:
200 – 208
Chapter 16. Soils of the subboreal region on a warmer earth
pp.:
208 – 214
Chapter 17. Climate induced changes of the boreal and subpolar soils
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214 – 234
Chapter 18. Approaches to mitigate tropical deforestation by sustainable soil management practices
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234 – 244
Chapter 19. Managing global change by curtailing emission sources and creating new sinks
pp.:
244 – 254
Chapter 20. Implications of the greenhouse effect for African agriculture
pp.:
254 – 272
Chapter 21. The agricultural environment of Latin America and the Caribbean and the greenhouse effect
pp.:
272 – 290
Chapter 22. The Asian agricultural environment and the greenhouse effect
pp.:
290 – 298