Advances in Soil and Water Conservation

This book is an outcome of the symposium on fifty years of soil and water conservation research: past accomplishments and future challenges held in Des Moines, IA in 1995. It addresses the technological developments, policies in erosion processes and conservation of soil and water in the future.

Advances in Soil and Water Conservation provides an in-depth, scholarly treatment of the most important developments and influences shaping soil and water conservation in the last 50 years. The book addresses the technological developments of erosion processes, methods for their control, policy and social forces shaping the research agenda, and future directions.
Topics covered include:

key governmental agencies and programs

research on processes of soil and water degradation

control practices and soil quality enhancement

conservation tillage

the connection between soil and water conservation and sustainable agriculture

effects of technology and social influences on soil and water conservation in this country
The historical foundation, the focus on key developments, the depth of treatment and thorough documentation, and the orientation to the future make Advances in Soil and Water Conservation a superlative resource for all persons in the field.

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