Soils and Food Security (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hester, R E; Harrison, R M

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RSC
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849735438
• Artikelnr.: 44762523

Autorenporträt

The series has been edited by Professors Hester and Harrison since it began in 1994. Professor Roy Harrison OBE is listed by ISI Thomson Scientific (on ISI Web of Knowledge) as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Environmental Science/Ecology category. He has an h-index of 54 (i.e. 54 of his papers have received 54 or more citations in the literature). In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science in the New Year Honours List. He was profiled by the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Vol 5, pp 39N-41N, 2003). Professor Harrison's research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy. Now an emeritus professor, Professor Ron Hester's current activities in chemistry are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor. He also retains appointments as external examiner and assessor / adviser on courses, individual promotions, and departmental / subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad.

Inhaltsangabe

[1] Global Soils - Capacity for Food Production
[2] Soils and Food Security - Challenges and Opportunities
[3] Soils and Sustainable Farming
[4] Climate Change and Agricultural Soils
[5] Soils and Resource Use Efficiency
[6] Soil Biodiversity and Farming
[7] Urban Soils - Local Opportunities for Food Production
[8] Restoring Degraded Soils to Agricultural Production
[9] New Technologies to Enhance Soil Productivity
[10] Balancing the Competition for Soils - Food Production vs. Other Ecosystem Services