Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources: Regional Assessment and Strategies (Hardcover, 2022)

Overview of global soil and water stress  Background of soil and water degradation in the world.- Actions of soil and water conservation in the world.- Global Challengers of soil and water in the world.- Impacts of soil losses through sealing and excavation.- Soil erosion and its impact on greenhouse gasses.- Assessing multiple, concurrent and interactive land and soil degradation processes.- Africa  Water and soil resources in North Africa: Potentials and degradation.- Institutional and technical efforts for soil and water conservation in North Africa.- Agricultural Soil and Water conservation issues in East Africa.- Soil and water conservation issues in South Africa.- Agricultural intensification and soil and water degradation in West Africa.- Discussion of conservation programs and policies employed in Africa to resolve soil and water degradation problems.- Soil and water resources issues in Sub-Sahara Africa.- Soil degradation in Africa: Extent of degradation and efforts underway to restore degraded land including use of beneficial soil microbes.- Restoration of the productivity of Mediterranean and tropical cultivated soils.- Soil and water conservation in the mid-East.- Characteristics of Soil and water resources in Yemen.- Soil conservation practices in the United Arab Emirates.- Sustainable use of soil and water resources to combat degradation in Egypt.- Asia  Soil erosion environment and evolution in China.- Soil erosion by water and control technology in China.- Soil erosion by wind and control technology in China.- The landslide/debris flow and control technology in China.- Soil and water conservation policies change in the Yellow River Basin, China.- Degradation Hazards and Conservation Approaches for Hillslope Farming in Taiwan，China.- Soil and water conservation in Southeast Asia.- Assessment, implications and management strategies of soil erosion by water within the Indian sub-continent.- Land degradation in Iran.- Soil erosion on agricultural lands of the Asian part of Russia: processes, intensity and areal distribution.- Ecological consequences of soil degradation and water pollution in the Asian part of Russia.- Europe Identification of soil and water resources problems in Europe.- Techniques for soil and water conservation in Europe.- Soil and water conservation programs and policies in the United Kingdom.- Soil and water resources problems in Europe.- Integrating soil, water and biodiversity policies: a case study from Scotland.- Soil protection policies in the European Union.-  Legislating soil protection in Germany and Austria.- The sea as a framework for agricultural activities and the Anthropocene.- Natural resources and socio-economic effects of erosion and its control in Serbia.- Soil Erosion and Torrent Control in Western Balkan Countries.- Decision making in the torrential flood management by check dam construction.- Soil Erosion and Flooding in Bulgaria ? Risk Assessment and Prevention Measures.- Identification of soil resources problems in European Russia.- Integrated solution to soil and water conservation problems in the river basin catchment: Assessment for the European Russia and the experience in the pilot region.- Americas  Soil and water resources problems in North America: soil erosion, and chemical pollution.- Assessment of the utility of the diffusion model for facilitating adoption of soil and water conservation production systems in North America.- Eight Decades of USDA Soil and Water Conservation Policies and Programs.- Market approaches for addressing soil and water resource problems.- Soil and water conservation policies, programs and practices in Canada: progress and impacts.- Assessment of soil erosion and sedimentation in Canada: Integrated assessments of wind, water and tillage erosion, spanning from hillslopes to watersheds.- Soil and water conservation issues in South America.- Use of conservation agriculture to increase economic returns and reduce degradation of soil and water resources in the Andean Region of South America.- Long-term effects of different agricultural soil use and management systems on soil degradation in Uruguay.- Desertification in Argentine: Causes and Effects on Human Beings.- Oceania  Issues and challenges for sustainable management on degraded volcanic soils of the islands of Micronesia.- Issues and challenges for the rehabilitation and sustainable use of soil and water resources on Australian agricultural lands.- Issues and challenges in the rehabilitation and sustainable use of highly disturbed lands associated with mining activities in Australia.- Social and economic approaches in the resolution of soil and water conservation issues in Australia.- Natural resources degradation in New Zealand: Issues, scale and management responses.- Conclusions.