Soil Security for Ecosystem Management Mediterranean Soil Ecosystems 1 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kapur, Selim (Editor), Erşahin, Sabit (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, 8
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Environmental Management.; Soil Science & Conservation.

The term "Soil Security" is used in the context of maintaining the quality and quantity of soil needed in order to ensure continuous supplies of food and fresh water for our society. Topics in this unique book on the management of soil sustainability in the Mediterranean region include: so...

Table of Contents:

• Managing Terrestrial Carbon in a Changing Climate
• Land Degradation and Security Linkages in the Mediterranean Region
• Role of soil information in Land Degradation and Desertification mapping
• Pedoenvironments of the Mediterranean countries. Resources and threats
• Carbon Cycle and Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems with Specific Reference to Mediterranean and Boreal Regions
• Soil and Terroir
• Polygenic red calcic soils in coastal Middle Palaeolithic environments, Israel: taxonomy and pedosedimentary reconstructions.