Soil Health and Sustainability in Spain and Portugal

An authoritative exploration of soil health management and land-use strategies in the Iberian Peninsula

In Soil Health and Sustainability in Spain and Portugal: Case Studies and General Perspective, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an authoritative overview and soil health assessment of the Iberian Peninsula focusing on agrosystems and forests. The book explores the potential effects of different management and land-use strategies.

The Iberian Peninsula, a famously diverse area of land--in terms of climate, landscape, and soil--faces unique and varied limitations on agricultural production and soil conservation. This book addresses these limitations and provides a vision of how newly developed and traditional soil management techniques can induce changes in soil health.

Readers will also find:

• Thorough comparisons of different approaches to soil health assessment in the Iberian Peninsula
• Comprehensive explorations of soil health evaluation in arid conditions and irrigated soils
• Practical discussions of the resilience of agrosystems developed to address climate change
• Complete treatments of forest and croplands soil health in Portugal

Perfect for soil and agricultural scientists, Soil Health and Sustainability in Spain and Portugal will also benefit anyone with an interest in sustainability issues in the Iberian Peninsula.