Soil Degradation and Protection IS-FCEE-00026

Description:
Forms of soil degradation such as salinization, desertification, acidification, organic depletion, compaction, nutrient depletion, chemical contamination, deterioration by mining. Water, gully, gravity and wind erosion. Methods of water, gully and wind erosion mapping. Mathematical modelling of erosion processes. Water erosion control. Wind erosion control. Shelterbelts and riparian zones.

Skills: Students will be prepared to understand the origins and processes causing the adverse changes of soil and productive land, especially various types of erosion, to measure the erosion effects, and to design the erosion controls.

Form of assessment: Exam and project

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of chemistry, cartography and soil science