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Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Research in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural ...

Arid Dune Ecosystems

Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, ...

Asian-Pacific Coasts and Their Management: States of Environment : States of Environment

The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s largest region of coral reefs and mangroves. It accommodates two-thirds ...

Blast Cleaning Technology

Blast cleaning is one of the most frequently utilised surface treatment-method in modern industry. The book is the first ...

Contaminated Rivers

The geomorphological, surficial and geochemical processes and conditions of rivers require a tailored set of strategies and ...

Current Developments in Bioerosion

The book opens with papers on the evolutionary significance of bioerosion, and subsequently ventures out to explore the remarkable ...

Dental Erosion and Its Clinical Management / Bennett T. Amaechi

In this handbook, the most up-to-date theoretical and practical information on dental erosion is distilled into an accessible, ...

Desert Dust in the Global System

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world’s drylands, are a vital component of the environment. ...

Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue

This book focuses on two basic concepts: security and desertification in the Mediterranean Region and their linkages. Desertification ...

Diseases of the Oral Mucosa: Study Guide and Review / Enno Schmidt

This textbook details the latest diagnostic and management options available when treating patients with diseases affecting ...

Dryland Ecohydrology

By combining the analysis of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, this volume provides a synthesis of ...

Earth Structures : In Transport, Water and Environmental Engineering

This book describes the principles of working with soil as a construction material, including two basic ways of treating ...

Eco-and Ground Bio-Engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability

In an era where climate change, natural catastrophes and land degradation are major issues, the conservation of soil and ...

Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants

Halophytes get increasing attention today because of the steady increase of the salinity in irrigation systems in the arid ...

Fluid Dynamics of Cavitation and Cavitating Turbopumps

The book focuses on the fluid dynamics of cavitation with special reference to high power density turbopumps, where it represents ...

High-Latitude Bioerosion: The Kosterfjord Experiment

Bioerosion is the major force driving the degradation of marine skeletal carbonates and limestone coasts. A wide spectrum ...

Investigation and management of soft rock cliffs

Cliff recession and coastal landsliding of soft rock cliffs present significant threats to land use and development. Investigation ...

Lagoons and Coastal Wetlands in the Global Change Context: Impact and Management Issues

This interdisciplinary volume comprehensively reviews recent developments in wetland science and global change. The aim is ...

Land Use and Soil Resources

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes. It influences the basic resources of land ...

Landslides

Based on contributions to the first General Assembly of the International Consortium on Landslides, this reference and status ...

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