Land use and soil resources

Foreword.- Contributors.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Impact of land use on soil resources.- Soil organic carbon dynamics and land use change.- Land use change and global food production.- Soil erosion and conservation in global agriculture.- Soil Erosion studies in Northern Ethiopia.- Soil degradation under irrigation.- Nutrient and Virtual Water Flows in Traded Agricultural Commodities.- The Lesson of Drente's 'Essen': Soil Nutrient Depletion in sub-Saharan Africa and Management Strategies for Soil Replenishment.- Soil Quality and Methods for its Assessment.- The Impact of Urbanization on Soils.- Index.