{"product_id":"sustaining-soil-productivity-in-response-to-global-climate-change-9780470958575","title":"Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Ethics is a multi-disciplinary volume exploring the ethical, political and social issues surrounding the stewardship of our vital soil resources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book provides a useful primer in ethics and the philosophy of science in the context of soils. I enjoyed reading it and it is refreshing to see the attention given to the interaction between science and policy.”  (\u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Soil Science\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2012\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“There is also a useful body of information that provides a basic summary of the state of knowledge and thought about climate change in 2009. For both aspects, it is worth adding to one’s library.”  (\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Soil Science\u003c\/i\u003e, 11 July 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is one of those rare books - a conference publication that is full of pleasant surprises ... In summary, this is a thought-provoking publication, which reinforces the notion that soils confer real biophysical limits to the expansion of the market economy.\" (Expl Agric, 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003eSally Collins\u003c\/i\u003e xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Science, Ethics, and the Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis: Was White Right? 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas J. Sauer and Michael P. Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Historical Perspective on Soil Degradation 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The New Challenge of Global Climate Change 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 White 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Other Views on the Ethics of Land Use: Leopold et al. 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Ethical Considerations of Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation: An Example 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Conclusions 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Intellectual Inertia: An Uneasy Tension between Collective Validation of the Known and Encouraging Exploration of the Unknown 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn M. Norman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Defining Intellectual Inertia 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Examples of Intellectual Inertia 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Intellectual Inertia is Unavoidable But Requires Vigilance 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Intellectual Inertia and Climate Change Science 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Optimizing Intellectual Inertia 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The Ethics of Soil: Stewardship, Motivation, and Moral Framing 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul B. Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Private Property and Personal Ethics 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Common Pool Resources 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Public Policy 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Instrumental Values of Soil 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Beyond Instrumental Value 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Conclusion and Next Steps 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic: An Argument for Sustaining Soils 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan L. Flader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Shaping of a Progressive 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Erosion as a Menace 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Standards of Conservation 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Conservation as a Moral Issue 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Wildlife and Soils 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 The Conservation Ethic 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Land Pathology 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Land Health 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 The Land Ethic 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 Epilogue 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Rural Response to Climate Change in Poor Countries: Ethics, Policies, and Scientific Support Systems in Their Agricultural Environment 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. J. (Kees) Stigter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Ethics 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Policies 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Scientific Support Systems 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Conclusions 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Soil and Human Health 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEiliv Steinnes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Essential Trace Elements 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Concerns for the Future 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Agroecological Approaches to Help “Climate Proof ” Agriculture While Raising Productivity in the Twenty-First Century 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Uphoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Agroecological Approaches 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The System of Rice Intensification 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Effects of SRI Practices on Agriculture Affected by Climate Change 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Applications to Crops Other than Rice 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Climate-Proofing Agriculture 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity: The Right to Food 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Westra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Ecological Integrity and Food Production Today 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 The Legal Status of Genetically Modified Organisms 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Western Diets and Lifestyle Preferences: Vegan versus Carnivore 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Conclusion 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Soil Ecosystem Services: Sustaining Returns on Investment into Natural Capital 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrent E. Clothier, Alistair J. Hall, Markus Deurer, Steven R. Green, and Alec D. Mackay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 F. H. King—“Farmers of Forty Centuries” 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Soil: Valuable Natural Capital 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Valuing Ecosystem Services 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Valuing Carbon and Soil Ecosystem Services 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Valuing Terroir 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Land-Use Policy, Nutrient Management, and Natural Capital 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Conclusion 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Climate and Land Degradation 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMannava V. K. Sivakumar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Influence of Land Surface Changes on Climate 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Climate Change and Land Degradation 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Climate Variability and Impacts on Land Degradation 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Technologies, Policies, and Measures to Address the Linkages between Climate and Land Degradation 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Future Perspectives 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 The Role of Soils and Biogeochemistry in the Climate and Earth System 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eElisabeth A. Holland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Lessons Learned from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 The Carbon Cycle 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 The Nitrogen Cycle 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Future of Earth System Models 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Net Agricultural Greenhouse Gases: Mitigation Strategies and Implications 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaudia Wagner-Riddle and Alfons Weersink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Mitigation Practices for Reduction of Net GHG Emissions 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Net GHG Reduction 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Case Study 1: GHG Emission Mitigation through Composting of Liquid Swine Manure 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Case Study 2: Direct and Indirect N2O Emission Reduction through Soil Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Practices 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Designing Policies for Reduced Nitrogen Fertilizer Use 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Conclusion 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 Overview on Response of Global Soil Carbon Pools to Climate and Land-Use Changes 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Eglin, Philippe Ciais, Shi Long Piao, Pierre Barré, Valentin Belassen, Patricia Cadule, Claire Chenu,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Gasser, Markus Reichstein, and Pete Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Global Distribution of SOC 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Global Vulnerability of SOC to Climate and Land-Use Change 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Historical Land Cover, Agricultural Management, and Climate Change Effects on SOC 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Future Changes in Climate and Land Use and the SOC Balance 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Discussion: Uncertainties and Future Directions 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Conclusions 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Methods 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgement 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Microbial Function in Soil: The Effect of Elevated CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e Concentration 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaolo Nannipieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Effect of CO\u003csub\u003e\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003e Concentration on Plant C Inputs including Rhizodeposition to Soil 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Effects of Elevated CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e Concentration on Activity, Size, and Composition of Soil Microbiota 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Effects of Elevated CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e Concentration on Mycorrhizal Infections of Plants 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Effect of Elevated CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e Concentration on Biotic Interactions and on the Rhizosphere Microfauna 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Effects of Increased CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e Concentration, Global Warming, and Changes in Soil Moisture on Microbial Functions Related to C Sequestration in Soil 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Conclusions 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Soil Carbon: Uncertainties and Lessons from Afforestation Case Studies 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip J. Polglase and Keryn I. Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Afforestation Overview 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Implications for Predicting Climate Change Impacts 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Carbon 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Conclusion 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16 The Effect of Forest Management on Soil Organic Carbon 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiustino Tonon, Silvia Dezi, Maurizio Ventura, and Francesca Scandellari\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Forest Ecosystems and Global Carbon Cycle 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Effect of Forest Management on Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Forest Management Strategies and Forest Structures Improving Carbon Storage 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 Conclusions 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 239\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402466697559,"sku":"9780470958575","price":190.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470958575.jpg?v=1730480490","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sustaining-soil-productivity-in-response-to-global-climate-change-9780470958575","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}