Here are some links to the websites of commercial and not-for-profit publishers of soil science and natural resource management books. Most of these links go directly to the soil or earth science section of these publishers. Click here to inform us about other publishers or when a link is not …
Agricultural Disaster Management in Bangladesh. H. Brammer. The University Press, Dhaka, 1999, xix + 427 p. ISBN 984-05-1448-2. Hardcover. This book, the third volume of a series on agricultural aspects of Bangladesh, includes selected papers on agricultural disaster management based on the author s thirty-five years experience in agricultural development …
Tropical Ecosystems and Ecological Concepts. P.L. Osborne. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 2000, xiv + 464 p. ISBN 0-521-64251-5, hardcover; 0-521-64523-9, Softcover. Over one third of the earth s terrestrial surface is situated in the tropics, with environments ranging from hot deserts to tropical rain forests. This introductory …
Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture: Closing the Rural-Urban Nutrient Cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa. P. Drechsel and D. Kunze, editors. International Water Management Institute, Colombo; FAO, Rome; and CABI Publishing, Wallingford and New York, 2001, xviii + 229 p. ISBN 92-5-104591-7 (FAO); and 0-85199-548-9 (CABI). Hardcover. Rapid urbanization has …
Handbook for the Assessment of Soil Erosion and Sedimention Using Environmental Radionuclides. F. Zapata, editor. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, 2002, xii + 219 p. ISBN 1-4020-1041-9. Hardcover. This handbook deals with soil erosion and sedimentation. Soil erosion and associated sediment deposition are natural landscape-forming processes that can be greatly …
Tropical Soils. Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture. A.S.R. Juo and K. Franzluebbers. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2003, ix + 281 p. ISBN 0-19-511598-8. Hardcover. There are many images of agriculture in the tropics: the luxuriant cash and tree crop plantations on the rich volcanic soils in Latin …
Drafting Legislation for Sustainable Soils: A Guide. IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 52. I. Hannam and B. Boer. IUCN The World Conservation Union, Gland and Cambridge, 2004, x + 100 p. ISBN 2-8317-0813-3. Softcover. The World Summit on Sustainable Development recognised the importance of promoting programs for the …
Ecosystems. J.E. Yang, T.M. Sa and J.J. Kim, editors. The Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer, The Korean Society of Agriculture and Environment and the Rural Development Administration, 2005, 267 p. ISBN 89-954086-1-8. Softcover. This publication contains the papers presented at a symposium under the title of the book, …
Handbook of Microbial Biofertilizers. M.K. Rai, editor. Food Products Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, New York, London, 2006, xxv + 579 p. ISBN 1-56022-270-0, softcover; 1-56022-269-9 hardcover. This handbook provides in-depth coverage of all major microbial biofertilizers (Rhizobia, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi and Cyanobacteria), as well as new and …
Soil Use and Management. Volume 23, supplement 1, September 2007. Special issue on Agriculture, Phosphorus, Eutrophication: a European Perspective. P. Withers and Ph. Haygarth, guest editors. Blackwell Publishing, 204 p. ISSN 0266-0032, print; ISSN 1473-2743, online. The enrichment of European waters with anthropogenic sources of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), and …
