Note: Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Biophysical Environment -- CHAPTER 1 Principal biomes of Central Asia -- CHAPTER 2 Forests in Central Asia: Current status and constraints -- CHAPTER 3 C3/C4 plants in the vegetation of Central Asia, geographical distribution and environmental adaptation in relation to climate -- Water Resources of Central Asia -- CHAPTER 4 Water resources of the Central Asia under conditions of climate change -- CHAPTER 5 Climate change and water resource alteration in Central Asia: The case of Uzbekistan -- CHAPTER 6 Problems and management of the efficient use of soil-water resources in Central Asia with specific reference to Uzbekistan -- CHAPTER 7 Underground and surface water resources of Central Asia, and impact of irrigation on their balance and quality -- Agricultural and Soil and Environmental Degradation -- CHAPTER 8 Addressing the challenges for sustainable agriculture in Central Asia -- CHAPTER 9 Soil and environmental degradation in Central Asia -- CHAPTER 10 Land degradation by agricultural activities in Central Asia -- CHAPTER 11 Salinity effects on irrigated soil chemical and biological properties in the Aral Sea basin of Uzbekistan -- Soil Management and Carbon Dynamics -- CHAPTER 13 Dynamics of soil carbon and recommendations on effective sequestration of carbon in the steppe zone of Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER 14 Carbon dynamics in Saskatchewan soils: Implications for the global carbon cycle -- CHAPTER 15 Conservation agriculture: Environmental benefits of reduced tillage and soil carbon management in water-limited areas of Central Asia -- CHAPTER 16 Conservation agriculture for irrigated agriculture in Asia -- CHAPTER 17 Syria's long-term rotation and tillage trials: Potential relevance to carbon sequestration in Central Asia. , CHAPTER 18 Potential for carbon sequestration in the soils of Afghanistan and Pakistan -- CHAPTER 19 Improvement of soil physical and chemical conditions to promote sustainable crop production in agricultural areas of Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER 20 Technological options to enhance humus content and conserve water in soils of the Zarafshan valley, Uzbekistan -- CHAPTER 21 Eliminating summer fallow on black soils of Northern Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER 22 Dynamics of water and soil organic matter under grain farming in Northern Kazakhstan - Toward sustainable land use both from the agronomic and environmental viewpoints -- CHAPTER 23 Conservation agriculture in the steppes of Northern Kazakhstan: The potential for adoption and carbon sequestration -- CHAPTER 24 Cover crops impacts on irrigated soil quality and potato production in Uzbekistan -- Forest Management and Carbon Dynamics -- CHAPTER 25 Forest carbon sequestration and storage of the Kargasoksky Leshoz of the Tomsk Oblast, Russia - Current status and the investment potential -- CHAPTER 26 Soil and vegetation management strategies for improved carbon sequestration in Pamir mountain ecosystems -- Economic Analysis -- CHAPTER 27 An economic comparison of conventional tillage and conservation tillage for spring wheat production in Northern Kazakhstan -- Methodological and Technological Challenges -- CHAPTER 28 An assessment of the potential use of SRTM DEMs in terrain analysis for the efficient mapping of soils in the drylands region of Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER 29 Potential for soil carbon sequestration in Central Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER 30 Application of GIS technology for water quality control in the Zarafshan river basin -- CHAPTER 31 Remote sensing application for mapping terrestrial carbon sequestration in Kazakhstan. , CHAPTER 32 Possible changes in the carbon budget of arid and semi-arid Central Asia inferred from landuse/landcover analyses during 1981 to 2001 -- CHAPTER 33 Western Siberian peatlands: Indicators of climate change and their role in global carbon balance -- Research and Development Priorities -- CHAPTER 34 Researchable priorities in terrestrial carbon sequestration in Central Asia -- Subject index -- Author index.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Editors -- Preface -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Section I. Carbon Pool in Tropical Ecosystems -- Chapter 1. Tropical Ecosystems and the Global C Cycle -- Chapter 2. Carbon Stocks in Soils of the Brazilian Amazon -- Chapter 3. Carbon Pools in Forest Ecosystems of Australasia and Oceania -- Chapter 4. Organic Carbon Stock in Soils of India -- Section II. Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Africa -- Chapter 5. Slash-and-Burn Effects on Carbon Stocks in the Humid Tropics -- Chapter 6. Crop Residue and Fertilizer Management to Improve Soil Organic Carbon Content, Soil Quality and Productivity in the Desert Margins of West Africa -- Chapter 7. Restorative Effects of Mucuna Utilis on Soil Organic C Pool of a Severely Degraded Alfisol in Western Nigeria -- Chapter 8. Land Use and Cropping System Effects on Restoring Soil Carbon Pool of Degraded Alfisols in Western Nigeria -- Section III. Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Tropical America -- Chapter 9. Impact of Conversion of Brazilian Cerrados to Cropland and Pastureland on Soil Carbon Pool and Dynamics -- Chapter 10. Soil Carbon Accumulation or Loss Following Deforestation for Pasture in the Brazilian Amazon -- Chapter 11. The Potential and Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration in Traditional and Modified Fallow Systems of the Eastern Amazon Region, Brazil -- Chapter 12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land-Use Change in Brazil's Amazon Region -- Chapter 13. Land Use Impact on Carbon Dynamics in Soils of the Arid and Semiarid Tropics -- Section IV. Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Asia and The Pacific -- Chapter 14. Impact of Land Use and Management Practices on Organic Carbon Dynamics in Soils of India -- Chapter 15. Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration in Australian Tropical Soils. , Section V. Basic Soil Processes and Carbon Dynamics -- Chapter 16. Soil Aggregation and C Sequestration -- Section VI. Monitoring and Prediction -- Chapter 17. Methods of Analysis for Soil Carbon: An Overview -- Chapter 18. Modeling Soil Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Ecosystems -- Chapter 19. Evaluating Tropical Soil Properties with Pedon Data, Satellite Imagery, and Neural Networks -- Chapter 20. Geographic Assessment of Carbon Stored in Amazonian Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Soils in Particular -- Chapter 21. Carbon Dioxide Measurements in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer over Amazonian Tropical Forest -- Chapter 22. Atmospheric CO2 Fluxes and Soil Respiration Measurements over Sugarcane in Southeast Brazil -- Section VII. Research and Development Priorities -- Chapter 23. What Do We Know and What Needs to Be Known and Implemented for C Sequestration in Tropical Ecosystems -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Abstract/Résumé -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Galápagos Islands:Geology, Climate, and Biotic Zonation -- Chapter 3. Methods and Materials -- Chapter 4. Processes I: Origin and Arrival of the Beetle Colonists -- Chapter 5. Processes II: Evolution of the Beetle Fauna -- Chapter 6. Patterns I: Ecology and Distribution of the Beetles -- Chapter 7. Patterns II: Beetle Assemblages and Habitat Types -- Chapter 8. Future Studies on Galápagos Beetles and Conservation Issues -- Chapter 9. Organization of an Annotated Catalog of Galápagos Beetles -- Chapter 10. Annotated Catalogue of Galápagos Beetle Species Arranged by Families -- Suborder Adephaga -- Family Carabidae, The Predaceous Ground Beetles and TigerBeetles -- Family Gyrinidae, The Whirligig Beetles -- Family Haliplidae, The Crawling Water Beetles -- Family Dytiscidae, The Predaceous Diving Beetles -- Suborder Polyphaga -- Series Staphyliniformia -- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea -- Family Hydrophilidae, The Water Scavenger Beetles -- Family Histeridae, The Hister Beetles -- Superfamily Staphylinoidea -- Family Hydraenidae, The Minute Moss Beetles -- Family Ptiliidae, The Feather-winged Beetles -- Family Scydmaenidae, The Antlike Stone Beetles -- Family Staphylinidae, The Rove Beetles -- Series Scarabaeiformia -- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea -- Family Passalidae, The Passalid Beetles -- Family Trogidae, The Trox Beetles -- Family Scarabaeidae, The Scarab Beetles -- Series Elateriformia -- Superfamily Buprestoidea -- Family Buprestidae, The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles -- Superfamily Byrrhoidea -- Family Limnichidae, The Minute Marsh-loving Beetles -- Family Heteroceridae, The Variegated Mud-loving Beetles -- Family Chelonariidae, The Chelonariid Beetles -- Superfamily Elateroidea -- Family Eucnemidae, The False Click Beetles. , Family Elateridae, The Click Beetles -- Family Cantharidae, The Soldier Beetles -- Series Bostrichiformia -- Family Jacobsoniidae, The Jacobsoniid Beetles -- Superfamily Bostrichiformia -- Family Dermestidae -- Family Bostrychidae (including Lyctinae) -- Family Anobiidae, the Spider and Death Watch Beetles -- Superfamily Cleroidea -- Family Trogossitidae, The Bark-Gnawing Beetles -- Family Cleridae, The Checkered Beetles -- Family Melyridae, The Soft-Winged Flower Beetles -- Superfamily Cucujoidea -- Family Nitidulidae, The Sap-feeding Beetles -- Family Monotomidae, The Root-eating Beetles -- Family Silvanidae, The Flat Bark Beetles -- Family Laemophloeidae, The Lined Flat Bark Beetles -- Family Phalacridae, The Shining Mold Beetles -- Family Languriidae, The Lizard Beetles -- Family Biphyllidae, The False Skin Beetles -- Family Bothrideridae, The Bothriderid Beetles -- Family Cerylonidae, The Minute Bark Beetles -- Family Discolomatidae, The Discolomatid Beetles -- Family Endomychidae, The Handsome Fungus Beetles -- Family Coccinellidae, The Ladybird Beetles -- Family Corylophidae, The Minute Fungus Beetles -- Family Latridiidae, The Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles -- Superfamily Tenebrionoidea -- Family Mycetophagidae, The Hairy Fungus Beetles -- Family Ciidae, The Minute Tree-fungus Beetles -- Family Mordellidae, The Tumbling Flower Beetles -- Family Rhipiphoridae, The Wedge-shaped Beetles -- Family Colydiidae, The Cylindrical Bark Beetles -- Family Tenebrionidae, The Darkling Beetles -- Family Oedemeridae, The False Blister Beetles -- Family Meloidae, The Blister Beetles -- Family Anthicidae, The Antlike Flower Beetles -- Family Aderidae, The Ant-Like Leaf Beetles -- Family Scraptiidae, The False Flower Beetles -- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea -- Family Cerambycidae, The Long-horned Beetles -- Family Bruchidae, The Seed Beetles. , Family Chrysomelidae, The Leaf Beetles -- Superfamily Curculionoidea -- Family Anthribidae, The Fungus Weevils -- Family Brentidae, The straight-snouted weevils. -- Family Curculionidae, The Weevils -- Chapter 11. References -- Chapter 11. References -- Index of Topics -- Index of Taxa.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Basic Concepts: Degradation, Resilience, and Rehabilitation -- Soil Quality and Sustainability -- Methodologies for Assessment of Soil Degradation Due to Water Erosion -- Modeling Erosion by Water and Wind -- Soil Crusting -- Hardsetting -- Assessment, Prevention, and Rehabilitation of Soil Structure Caused by Soil Surface Sealing, Crusting, and Compaction -- Soil Compaction -- The Characteristics of Soil Organic Matter Relative to Nutrient Cycling -- Soil Processes and Greenhouse Effect -- Acidification -- Estimating Nutrient Balances in Agro-Ecosystems at Different Spatial Scales -- Salt Buildup as a Factor of Soil Degradation -- Sodic Soils -- Soil Pollution and Contamination -- Acid Sulfate Soils -- Long-Term Characterization: Monitoring and Modeling -- Scaling and Extrapolation of Soil Degradation Assessments -- Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Soil Degradation Assessments -- Remote Sensing Applications to Soil Degradation Assessments -- Mapping Soil Degradation -- Revisiting the Glasod Methodology -- Desertification Assessment -- Agronomic Impact of Soil Degradation -- Methods of Economic Assessment of On-Site and Off-Site Costs of Soil Degradation -- The On-Farm Economic Costs of Erosion -- Methods for Assessing the Impacts of Soil Degradation on Water Quality -- Research and Development Priorities -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Series Page -- Half Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Urban Agriculture in the 21st Century -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Global Land Area under Urban Centers -- 1.3 Urbanization and the Environmental Impact -- 1.4 Environmental Ramifications of Urbanization -- 1.5 Urban Ecosystems, Soils, and Their Management for Agriculture -- 1.6 Urbanization and Food Security -- 1.7 Urban Agriculture -- 1.8 Nexus Thinking for Waste and Water Management for UA -- 1.9 UA and Sustainable Development Goals -- 1.10 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Urban Soil Mapping through the United States National Cooperative Soil Survey -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Urban Soil Mapping -- 2.2.1 The Cook County and Chicago Soil Survey Program -- 2.2.1.1 Mapping Techniques -- 2.2.2 The Los Angeles Soil Survey Program -- 2.2.2.1 Mapping Techniques -- 2.2.3 The Detroit Soil Survey -- 2.2.4 The New York City Soil Survey Program -- 2.3 Urban Soil Mapping Tools -- 2.3.1 Recent Advances in Soil Taxonomy to Classify Anthropogenic Soils -- 2.3.1.1 Classification -- 2.3.1.2 Identification -- 2.4 Interpretations in Urban Settings -- 2.4.1 What is a Soil Interpretation in Soil Survey? -- 2.4.1.1 Urban Interpretations-Protocol for Accessing Systems -- 2.4.2 Soil Criteria Considerations for Urban Interpretations -- 2.4.3 Overview of Green Infrastructure with Soil Interpretations -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Changes in Soil Organic Carbon Stocks by Urbanization -- 3.1 General Introduction: Urbanization As A threat and an Opportunity for Soil Carbon -- 3.2 Analyzing Urbanization Effects on Soil Carbon Stocks Over a Variety of Scales -- 3.2.1 Global Urbanization and Possible Outcomes for Soil Carbon Stocks -- 3.2.2 Net Effects of Urbanization on Carbon Stocks in the Moscow Region. , 3.2.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.2.2.3 Results and Discussion -- 3.2.2.4 Conclusion -- 3.2.3: Sustainability of SOC Stocks in Urban Soil Construction -- 3.2.3.1 Introduction -- 3.2.3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.2.3.3 Results and Discussion -- 3.2.3.4 Conclusion -- 3.3 The Contribution of Urbanization to Temporal Dynamics in Soil Carbon Stocks -- 3.3.1 Changes in Urban Soil Carbon Stocks And Fluxes by Anthropogenic Influence in the Urban Environment -- 3.3.1.1 Introduction -- 3.3.1.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.3.1.3 Results and Discussion -- 3.3.2 Carbon Storage in Cultural Layers: Historical Contributions of Urbanization -- 3.3.2.1 Organic Carbon in Urbosediments of a Humid Forest Zone -- 3.3.2.2 Carbon Stocks and Emission in an Ancient City with Thick Organic Urbosediments -- 3.3.2.3 Organic Carbon in Urbosediments of a Semi-Arid Steppe Zone -- 3.4 Conclusion: Changes in Soil Carbon Stocks from the Perspective of Sustainable Cities -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4: Drivers of Urban Soil Carbon Dynamics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Anthropogenic Drivers of Soc Accumulation -- 4.1.1.1 Indirect Anthropogenic Drivers -- 4.1.1.2 Direct Anthropogenic Drivers -- 4.2 Indirect Anthropogenic Drivers -- 4.2.1 Urban Climate -- 4.2.1.1 Temperature -- 4.2.1.2 Precipitation -- 4.2.2 Urban Chemical Environment -- 4.2.2.1 Urban Air Pollutants and Nutrients -- 4.2.2.2 Heavy Metals -- 4.2.2.3 Black Carbon -- 4.2.3 Invasive Species -- 4.2.3.1 Nonnative Invasive Plants -- 4.2.3.2 Nonnative Earthworms -- 4.2.3.3 Nonnative Insect Pests -- 4.3 Direct Anthropogenic Drivers -- 4.3.1 Land-use and Land-cover Change -- 4.3.1.1 Land-Use Conversion -- 4.3.1.2 Land-Cover Change -- 4.3.1.3 Topsoil Removal -- 4.3.2 Urban Physical Conditions -- 4.3.2.1 Soil Compaction -- 4.3.2.2 Impervious Surface -- 4.3.30 Land Management. , 4.3.3.1 Fertilization and Irrigation -- 4.3.3.2 Compost Additions -- 4.3.3.3 OM Removal -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Ecosystem Service in Cities -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Organic C in Urban Soils -- 5.3 Nitrogen Cycling in Urban Soils -- 5.4 Ecosystem Services of Urban SoilS and UGSs -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Urban Soil Carbon Storage -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Urbanization and Urban Lands -- 6.1.2 Carbon in the Urban Ecosystem -- 6.1.3 Objectives -- 6.2 Methods -- 6.3 Results and Discussion -- 6.3.1 Urban SOC by Climate -- 6.3.2 Urban SOC by Parent Material -- 6.3.3 Urban SOC by Time -- 6.3.4 Urban SOC by Organisms (vegetation) -- 6.3.5 Urban SOC by Anthropogenic -- 6.3.6 Urban SOC by Soil Classification and Properties -- 6.3.6.1 Urban SOC by Sampling Depth -- 6.3.7 Global Estimate of Urban SOC -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7: Sealing Effects on Properties of Urban Soils -- 7.1 Soil Sealing As a Global Problem -- 7.2 Impact of Soil Sealing on Some Physical and Chemical Soil Properties -- 7.3 Impact of Soil Sealing on Some Biological Soil Properties -- 7.3.1 Effect of Soil Sealing on Microbial Biomass, Activity, and Functional Diversity -- 7.3.2 Effect of Soil Sealing on the Activity of Specific Enzymes -- 7.3.3 Factors Affecting Biological Properties of Sealed Soils -- 7.4 Vegetation Colonization and Succession in Sealed Areas -- 7.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: Contaminants in Urban Soils: Bioavailability and Transfer -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Overview -- 8.2.1 Lead -- 8.2.2 Arsenic -- 8.2.3 Cadmium -- 8.2.4 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- 8.2.5 Other Contaminants -- 8.3 Fate and Transfer Pathways -- 8.3.1 Lead -- 8.3.2 Arsenic -- 8.3.3 Cadmium -- 8.3.4 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. , 8.3.5 Other Contaminants -- 8.4 Bioavailability -- 8.4.1 Lead -- 8.4.2 Arsenic -- 8.4.3 Cadmium -- 8.4.4 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- 8.5 Reducing Transfer in Mildly Contaminated Urban Soils -- 8.5.1 Lead -- 8.5.2 Arsenic -- 8.5.3 Cadmium -- 8.5.4 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Optimizing the Hydrologic Properties of Urban Soils -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Hydrologic Properties of Soils -- 9.2.1 Porosity -- 9.2.2 Pore Size -- 9.2.3 water Content -- 9.2.4 Infiltration Rate -- 9.2.5 Hydraulic Conductivity -- 9.2.6 Permeability -- 9.3 Urbanization Effects on the Hydrologic Properties of Soils -- 9.4 Optimizing the Hydrologic Properties of Urban Soils -- 9.4.1 Site Design and Planning -- 9.4.2 Physical Alterations -- 9.4.2.1 Soil Replacement -- 9.4.2.2 Tilling and Subsoiling -- 9.4.2.3 Compost Amendments -- 9.4.2.4 Use of Engineered Media -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Making Soils from Urban Wastes -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Soil from Wastewater -- 10.3 Soil from Solid Waste -- 10.4 Benefits Associated with Use of These Materials -- 10.5 Obstacles to Waste Diversion and Recycling -- 10.6 Uses of Urban Residual-based Soils and Products -- 10.6.1 Soils and Mulch Provided by City-Tacoma, WA -- 10.6.2 Compost Training Provided by City-New York, NY -- 10.6.3 Collection and Composting Outside Municipal Infrastructure-Growing Power -- 10.7 Compost in Green Stormwater Infrastructure -- 10.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 11: Properties of Soils Affected by Highways -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Road and Roadside Overview -- 11.3 Case Study Soils -- 11.4 Physical Soil Properties -- 11.4.1 Soil Particle Components -- 11.4.2 Coarse Fragments -- 11.4.3 Bulk Density -- 11.4.4 Vegetation and Soil Strength -- 11.5 Soil Moisture and Porosity -- 11.5.1 Total Porosity. , 11.5.2 Volumetric Moisture Content and Air Porosity -- 11.6 Soil Biological and Chemical Properties -- 11.6.1 pH -- 11.6.2 Salts and EC -- 11.6.3 Soil Organic Matter -- 11.6.4 Total Carbon Stock -- 11.7 Relationships between Tree Survival and Roadside Soil Properties -- 11.8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12: An Applied Hydropedological Perspective on the Rendering of Ecosystem Services from Urban Soils -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 How is an Urban Soil Formed? -- 12.3 Urban Soils As Generators of Ecosystem Services -- 12.4 Qualification and Characterization of Urban Soil Ecosystem Services -- 12.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 13: Biogeochemistry of Rooftop Farm Soils -- 13.1 Approach -- 13.2 Background -- 13.2.1 Opportunities -- 13.2.2 Challenges -- 13.2.3 Environmental Quality -- 13.3 Soil Design -- 13.3.1 Overview -- 13.3.2 Soil Composition -- 13.3.3 Plant Growth Effects -- 13.3.4 Soil Depth -- 13.3.5 Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration -- 13.3.6 Water Retention -- 13.4 Runoff Volume -- 13.5 Runoff Quality -- 13.5.1 Overview -- 13.5.2 N Concentration -- 13.5.3 N Sink -- 13.6 Case Study -- 13.6.1 Soil Water Retention -- 13.6.2 Yield -- 13.6.3 Water and N Budget -- 13.7 Conclusion -- 13.8 Limitations of Current Research -- 13.9 Future Work -- References -- Chapter 14: Managing Urban Soils for Food Production -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Challenges for Growing Food Crops in Urban Soils -- 14.3 Management of Urban Soils for Growing Food Crops -- 14.3.1 Management of SOC Stocks to Improve Urban Soil Quality -- 14.3.2 Improving Soil Hydrological and Physical Properties for UA -- 14.3.3 Improving Soil Biological Properties for UA -- 14.3.4 Reducing Soil Chemical Constraints for UA -- 14.4 The Future of Growing Food Crops by Soil-based UA -- 14.5 Conclusions -- References. , Chapter 15: Vertical Farming Using Hydroponics and Aeroponics.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: World Soils as a Source or Sink for Radiatively-Active Gases -- A: Land Use and Carbon Sequestration -- Chapter 2: Land Use and Soil Carbon in Different Agroecological Zones -- Chapter 3: Carbon Pools, Fluxes, and Sequestration Potential in Soils of the Former Soviet Union -- Chapter 4: Land Use and Soil Management Effects of Emissions of Radiatively Active Gases from Two Soils in Ohio -- B: Agricultural and Grassland Ecosystems -- Chapter 5: Carbon Sequestration in Corn-Soybean Agroecosystems -- Chapter 6: Management Impacts on Carbon Storage and Gas Fluxes (CO2, CH4) in Mid-Latitude Cropland Ecosystems -- Chapter 7: Estimated Soil Organic Carbon Losses from Long-Term Crop-Fallow in the Northern Great Plains of the USA -- Chapter 8: Fertilizer N, Crop Residue, and Tillage Alter Soil C and N Content in a Decade -- Chapter 9: Modeling Impact of Agricultural Practices on Soil C and N2O Emissions -- Chapter 10: Analysis of the Short-Term Effects of Management on Soil Organic Matter Using the CENTURY Model -- Chapter 11: Modeling the Impacts of Agricultural Management Practices on Soil Carbon in the Central U.S. -- C: Forest Ecosystems -- Chapter 12: Effects of Forest Management and Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Soil Carbon Storage -- Chapter 13: Carbon Pools and Trace Gas Fluxes in Urban Forest -- Chapter 14: Dynamics of Forest Floor and Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Boreal, Temperate, and Tropical Forests -- D: Cold Ecosystems -- Chapter 15: CH4 and H2O Flux in Subarctic Agricultural Soils -- Chapter 16: Dynamics of Soil C and N in a Typic Cryoboroll and a Typic Cryoboralf Located in the Cryoboreal Regions of Alberta -- Chapter 17: Effect of Soil Depth and Temperature on CH4 Consumption in Subarctic Agricultural Soils. , E: Wetlands and Rice Paddies -- Chapter 18: Wetlands and Global Change -- Chapter 19: Emissions, Production, and Oxidation of Methane in a Japanese Rice Paddy Field -- Chapter 20: Methane Emission with and without Algael -- F: Arid Lands -- Chapter 21: Soil Management in Semiarid Regions -- Chapter 22: Simulation of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in Dryland Wheat-Fallow Cropping Systems -- G: Tropical Ecosystems -- Chapter 23: Management of Isoelectric Soils of the Humid Tropics -- Chapter 24: The Significance of Greenhouse Gas from Soils of Tropical Agroecosystems -- Chapter 25: Agricultural Activities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Soils of the Tropics -- H: Policy Issues -- Chapter 26: Economic and Resource Impacts of Policies to Increase Organic Carbon in Agricultural Soils -- Chapter 27: Carbon Sequestration through Tree Planting on Agricultural Lands -- Chapter 28: The Role of Forest Management in Affecting Soil Carbon: Policy Considerations -- I: Managing Soils for Mitigating Greenhouse Effect -- Chapter 29: The Role of Soil Management in Sequestering Soil Carbon -- Chapter 30: Management of Forest Soils -- J: Research and Development Priorities -- Chapter 31: Towards Soil Management for Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect -- Index.

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