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Soil Security for Ecosystem Management

Mediterranean Soil Ecosystems 1

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Selim Kapur

    1. Departments of Soil Science and Archaeom, University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey

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  2. Sabit Erşahin

    1. Department of Forest Engineering, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankiri, Turkey

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  • Offers the reader an integrated and holistic view on sustainable ecosystem management, focusing on soil security
  • Significant contribution to research about the Mediterranean soil ecosystems
  • Linking our knowledge about traditional Mediterranean land use technology with modern approaches of land management
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (BRIEFSSECUR, volume 8)

Part of the book sub series: Mediterranean Studies (MEDITERRAN)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Managing Terrestrial Carbon in a Changing Climate

    • Rattan Lal
    Pages 1-18

  3. Land Degradation and Security Linkages in the Mediterranean Region

    • Winfried E. H. Blum
    Pages 19-29

  4. The Role of Soil Information in Land Degradation and Desertification Mapping: A Review

    • Claudio Zucca, Riccardo Biancalani, Selim Kapur, Erhan Akça, Pandi Zdruli, Luca Montanarella et al.
    Pages 31-59

  5. Pedoenvironments of the Mediterranean Countries: Resources and Threats

    • Franco Previtali
    Pages 61-82

  6. Carbon Cycle and Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems with Specific Reference to Mediterranean and Boreal Regions

    • A. R. Mermut
    Pages 83-96

  7. Soil and Terroir

    • Edoardo Antonio Costantino Costantini, Pierluigi Bucelli
    Pages 97-133

  8. Polygenic Red Calcic Soils in Coastal Middle Palaeolithic Environments, Israel: Taxonomy and Pedosedimentary Reconstructions

    • Alexander Tsatskin
    Pages 135-154

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 155-167
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About this book

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: soil information, land degradation, land desertification, pedoenvironments, and the carbon cycle and sequestration. One main focus of the book is the description of new approaches that have been adapted with regards to interdisciplinary soil ecosystem management to combat and mitigate desertification. The contributing authors are renowned experts in their fields which cover the subjects on traditional as well as innovative land use and management.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Soil Science and Archaeom, University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey

    Selim Kapur

  • Department of Forest Engineering, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankiri, Turkey

    Sabit Erşahin

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