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Book Review William Dubbin. 2001. Soils. ISBN 5o5-091 48-4, pbk Iowa State University Press, J. 1 South Ames, 2121 State Street, 1A 5001 U.S.A. (Orders: 800-8o2-o657, 5- 4, 51 292-01 5-distributed the Natural History Museum, lor .ondon). 110 $19.95, I pp, 97 color photos, 19 b/\v photos, 10 drawings, color map, 8 1/4" x 91/4". 1 The Contents-Prelace: author: Soils ho nut sand hoi is soil taxonomy and geography; Soil biology: [ soil h'i(iht\ -oil use and misuse What liesahead? Glossary; Index Further information. amples of soils d«tgradation emphasize the strong link bet w>:cn soil quality and human wellai Sus e. tained prosperity therefore depends on a roroughundersta nding of soils coupled with soun< man tl J agement^practice /olume is a good beginnirig for gaining sucl an understanding and appreciat ion for i m complex to a subject, to go into great depth aboin the li I interesting to he intelligent lay person. Fc example, the iioducion chapter and in "Soils the ni I •r its iriety of important basic such as s soil lor. mineral weal hen ng, soil texture, organic matter, porosity, ai -on taxonomy and geography" unvnlU "Soil is parti ulaib. helph.il there. i i -SCO I FAO) was developed by the United Natl. (UNESCO) jointly with the Food and Agr .culture Organie. while ition (FACT), the other, 'called Soil Taxonomy, was developed by team and Department "a of int sis the U.S. of Agricul- cure." Clear descr iptions and photographs a table UNESCOFAO comparing this ystem with the s classificatu sometimes be a photographs c veellent color are partieu larly helpful in vi sualizing the various soil As someone living on the BlacklandF ,in icol Texas u hose soils have been devastated b;/years 'i vincrei ng lopmeni was very ungioscea whole plea, chapter. u it "Soil 1 :, Concise lion bin the )ti, biiildupol sallsii soils, and soil pollution highlight impon.mt issues management an dcon- i in soil servation. Also, uch special focus topics undei lAiisHah.O Tioiemedia s ; , Unca'give world examples and human real a lace throughout book tied the lor ex; imple, there is a special sc action on eutrophication (" loo much ol agor aapter depth Knowledge will appreciat.
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