Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia

Edited by Rattan Lal, M. Suleimenov, B.A. Stewart, D.O. Hansen, Paul Doraiswamy

This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, sustainable agriculture, soil degradation,...

Published August 2nd 2007 by Taylor and Francis.

Conservation Tillage Systems and Water Productivity - Implications for Smallholder Farmers in Semi-Arid Ethiopia

PhD, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands

By Melesse Temesgen Leye

Conservation tillage systems have been adopted by farmers in many countries to solve the problem of land degradation and declining water productivity. Direct application of...

Published July 18th 2007 by Taylor and Francis.

Soil and Water Contamination

From Molecular to Catchment Scale

By Marcel van der Perk

This textbook provides a general overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contamination, in such a way that the reader can both understand and...

Published August 10th 2006 by Taylor and Francis.

Foundation Engineering

Design and Construction in Tropical Soils

Edited by B.B.K. Huat, Faisal Haji Ali, Husaini Omar, Harwant Singh

Residual soils are found in many parts of the world. Like other soils, they are used extensively in construction, being built upon and used as...

Published January 19th 2006 by Taylor and Francis.

Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, Trento, Italy, 27-29 June 2005

Edited by Alessandro Tarantino, E. Romero, Y.J. Cui

The field of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics has grown considerably over the last decade. In the laboratory and in the field, innovative techniques have been...

Published July 14th 2005 by Taylor and Francis.

Landslide Risk Management

Edited by Oldrich Hungr, Robin Fell, Réjean Couture, Erik Eberhardt

Landslide Risk Management comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, held in Vancouver, Canada, from May 31 to June 3, 2005....

Published June 30th 2005 by Taylor and Francis.

Advances in Understanding Engineered Clay Barriers

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Large Scale Field Tests in Granite, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 12-14 November 2003

Edited by Eduardo E. Alonso, Alberto Ledesma

The use of clay barriers for waste-isolating purposes has gained increasing attention in the geotechnical engineering community. Practical interest is linked to fundamental research, which...

Published June 23rd 2005 by Taylor and Francis.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation, 12-13 April 2005, Cambridge, UK

Edited by Amir A. Tabbaa, Julia A. Stegemann

Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation - Advances in S/S for Waste and Contaminated Land contains 39 papers, summaries of the four keynote lectures and the seven...

Published April 14th 2005 by Taylor and Francis.

Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials

Recent Investigations and Prospects

Edited by H. Di Benedetto, T. Doanh, H. Geoffroy, C. Sauzéat

Solutions for soil engineering and soil-structure interaction problems require realistic and pertinent experimental and modelling tools. In this text, experimental investigations into deformation properties; laboratory,...

Published March 3rd 2005 by Taylor and Francis.

Unsaturated Soils - Advances in Testing, Modelling and Engineering Applications

Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Unsaturated Soils, 23-25 June 2004, Anacapri, Italy

Edited by Claudio Mancuso, Alessandro Tarantino

This volume contains the Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Unsaturated Soils, which was held in Anacapri, Italy, from 23 to 25 June 2004....

Published December 23rd 2004 by Taylor and Francis.