Bücher der Reihe World Soils Book Series

This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive report on the soils of Wisconsin, a state that offers a rich tapestry of soils. It discusses the relevant soil forming factors and soil processes in detail and subsequently reviews the main soil regions and dominant soil orders, including paleosols and endemic and endangered soils.

This book compiles all available and relevant information concerning the soils of Turkey, including the soil survey studies conducted by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today.

The main objective of this book is to present the distribution and diversity of major soil types in Serbia. Special attention is paid to human-induced soil degradation due to the erosion and contamination of soils in Serbia.

The final chapters address topics such as soils and humans, and the future challenges for soil science and soil surveys in the U.S. Maps of soil distribution, pedon descriptions, profile images, and tables of properties are included throughout the text.

This book reviews the distribution of soils across Egypt, their history, genesis, pollution and management. The conservation of Egyptian soils, soils and their connections to human activities, as well as some future soil issues are also highlighted. It is well known that soil is the main source for food, feed, fuel and fiber production. Accordingly, the study of soils is not only a crucial issue but also an urgent task for all nations worldwide. Due to their important roles in agroecosystems as well as many aspects of our lives, soils have direct and indirect functions in the agricultural, industrial and medicinal sectors. Therefore, understanding the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils, as well as soil security, have now become emerging issues. Climate change has a very dangerous dimension in Egypt concerning the rising sea level. Many coastal zones are already threatened by this sea level rise, and may ultimately disappear. At the same time, water shortages and soil pollution represent the main challenges for the Egyptian nation. Generally speaking, the environmental challenges that Egypt now faces include improving and sustaining soil health, soil carbon sequestration, wastewater treatment, and avoiding the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides. Therefore, this book examines in detail the soils of Egypt from various perspectives including their genesis, history, classification, pollution and degradation, soil security, soil fertility and land uses.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the soils of Spain gathered by a variety of Spanish experts in the field. the third chapter approaches the topic of soils in the characteristically humid Northern Iberia area as prone to diversity and soil evolution;

It also deals with future scenarios of the relationships between soil science and other disciplines and the main challenges that soil science will face in the future.

This book is intended for students and soil scientists who want to know about the state of the art in soil sciences in Chile. Finally, the book shows how man has induced severe soil degradation problems in Chile, such as erosive soil degradation, non-erosive soil degradation and land desertification.

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Taiwan. It includes sections on soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industry, future soil issues.

The book is based on the experiences of the authors in research and soil survey, as well as on the existent, mainly 'grey' literature on Mexican soils.

This book compiles all available and relevant information concerning the soils of Turkey, including the soil survey studies conducted by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today.

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Greece. It includes sections on soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industry, future soil issues.

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas.

The Soils of Italy is the first comprehensive book on Italian pedology in seventy years.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedology in Ireland. The book was produced with the support and sponsorship of Teagasc, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland and the Irish Environmental Protection Agency.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the soils of Spain gathered by a variety of Spanish experts in the field. the third chapter approaches the topic of soils in the characteristically humid Northern Iberia area as prone to diversity and soil evolution;

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas.

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Taiwan. It includes sections on soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industry, future soil issues.

This book features a master listing of all soil series in the Philippines. It shows soil thematic layers overlain on satellite images and contains an updated soil map to consolidate several decades of soil survey activities.

This book offers a lively history of pedology in Croatia, providing a detailed view of the different agricultural regions of the country. Also contains useful information on different factors of soil genesis as well as soil taxonomy and classification.

In this new volume in the World Soil series, the various types of Icelandic soils, their different characteristics, their formation, degradation and erosion are reviewed. Then it details the different types of soils, their formation and main features, comparing the Icelandic soils to other soils elsewhere in the world.

This book is intended for students and soil scientists who want to know about the state of the art in soil sciences in Chile. Finally, the book shows how man has induced severe soil degradation problems in Chile, such as erosive soil degradation, non-erosive soil degradation and land desertification.

The main objective of this book is to present the distribution and diversity of major soil types in Serbia. Special attention is paid to human-induced soil degradation due to the erosion and contamination of soils in Serbia.

This books gives a complete overview of the Soils of Slovenia, from soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil propoerties, classification, fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industries and future soils issues.

Here is a comprehensive analysis of chemical and physical soil properties, soil evolution, old and modern processes, geographic distribution, climatic conditions, topography, parent materials, plant associations, morphology, classification systems and more.

The book is based on the experiences of the authors in research and soil survey, as well as on the existent, mainly 'grey' literature on Mexican soils.

The Soils of Italy is the first comprehensive book on Italian pedology in seventy years.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedology in Ireland. The book was produced with the support and sponsorship of Teagasc, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland and the Irish Environmental Protection Agency.