Anthropogenic soils in Japan /

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Imprint:Singapore : Springer, [2019].
Description:1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:International perspectives in geography, AJG Library 9, 2197-7798
International perspectives in geography ; 9,
Subject:Anthropogenic soils -- Japan.
Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
Soil science, sedimentology.
Physical geography & topography.
Anthropogenic soils.
Physical Geography.
Soil Science & Conservation.
Environmental Geography.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11746022
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Other authors / contributors:Watanabe, Makiko, editor.
Kawahigashi, Masayuki, editor.
ISBN:9789811317538
9811317534
9789811317521
9811317526
9789811317521
9789811317545
9811317542
9789811346750
9811346755
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 17, 2018).
Summary:This book enhances the discussion of anthropized soils with photographs of soil profiles and provides general information about soils in Japan, using data on their physical and chemical properties. Soils targeted in this book have wide spectra in anthropized influences from lesser effects such as agricultural improvements to drastic changes caused by infrastructure construction. These include soils sealed by technic hard materials, on ski slopes, on river embankments and coastal berms, in historical urban parks, on man-made islands in Tokyo Bay, in reclaimed lands, in greenhouse fields, and those filling in swamplands. These examples supported with data can be a bridge between agriculture and civil engineering to understand how anthropogenic activities influence soils. Because anthropogenic impacts have increased during the past decades along with concentrations of populations into cities, processes in soils must be addressed from the point of view of diverse land-use purposes. The book includes information with new data produced by active researchers from many institutes and universities as it refers to soils altered by human activities and thus is informative to specialists in various disciplines related to soils. It is also valuable to students for viewing soils in cities, infrastructure construction areas, and other affected locations. Evaluation and understanding of soils now has become essential for researchers in a range of fields and for policy makers in agriculture as well as urban planning, civil engineering, and disaster sciences. This work serves as an impetus for launching further study of soils and environments.
Other form:Printed edition: 9789811317521
Printed edition: 9789811317545
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-13-1753-8