Chapter 4

Soil Sustainability

Narcin Palavan-Unsal, Valentin Kefeli and Winfried Blum

Abstract

This chapter deals with general functions of soil in biosphere. The mail conception of soil is the participation with the geological substrate and plants as sources of the organic elements of the soil. Water relations are important components of plant- soil relations. In the chapter are reviewed the elements of landscape sustainability and harmonization of soil uses. Protection of soil during agricultural and industrial use is also discussed.

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