ABSTRACT
This book, first published in 1973, focuses on non-urban terrain, and presents a uniquely balanced historical treatment of both the land degradation induced by man and his efforts at conservation, preservation and reclamation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|262 pages
Man-Induced Terrain Degradation
chapter 9|16 pages
American Journal of Science March 1960
Entrenchment of the Willow Drainage Ditch, Harrison County, Iowa*
chapter 13|12 pages
Ground Rupture in the Baldwin Hills
Injection of fluids into the ground for oil recovery and waste disposal triggers surface faulting.
part II|91 pages
Soil Conservation
part III|100 pages
Landscape Management
chapter 23|4 pages
The inert becomes “ert”
A new approach for reconstructing California’s old gold fields
chapter 24|5 pages
A New Technology for Taconite Badlands
New mining techniques offer a chance to do more than create a “moonscape” in Wisconsin
