R. Burnell Held, Marion Clawson

Soil Conservation in Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews and evaluates the nationwide soil conservation effort in the United States and suggests broad outlines of a future conservation program. Originally published in 1965

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RFF Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 705g
• ISBN-13: 9781617260124
• ISBN-10: 1617260126
• Artikelnr.: 32445627

Autorenporträt

Held, R. Burnell ; Clawson, Marion

Inhaltsangabe

PART I. BACKGROUND AND SETTING Chapter l. MAN AND RESOURCES Chapter 2. THE
CONSERVATION MOVEMENT, 1890-1920 Chapter 3. THE SOIL CONSERVATION MOVEMENT
SINCE 1933 Chapter 4. EVOLVING CONTENT OF THE SOIL CONSERVATION PROGRAM,
1930-1964 Chapter 5. SOIL CONSERVATION AND RAPID AGRICULTURAL CHANGE PART
II. PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION Chapter 6. CLASSIFYING THE LAND AND ITS
EROSION HAZARD Chapter 7. LAND USE IN RELATION TO CAPABILITY Chapter 8.
MEASURES OF PROGRESS ON SOIL CONSERVATION SINCE 1930 Chapter 9. THE
UNFINISHED SOIL CONSERVATION JOB Chapter 10. FORCES IMPEDING AND PROMOTING
SOIL CONSERVATION PART III. THE NEXT GENERATION Chapter 11. THE FUTURE
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY Chapter 12. SOIL CONSERVATION IN A CHANGING FUTURE