Vetiver Grass
A Thin Green Line Against Erosion
Seiten
1993
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04269-7 (ISBN)
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04269-7 (ISBN)
Soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vetiver, a little-known tropical grass, offers one practical and inexpensive way to control erosion on a huge scale. This book assesses vetiver's promise and limitations and identifies places where this grass can be deployed without undue environmental risk.
For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vast amounts of topsoil are washed or blown away from arable land only to accumulate in rivers, reservoirs, harbors, and estuaries, thereby creating a double disaster: a vital resource disappears from where it is desperately needed and is deposited where it is equally unwanted.
Despite much rhetoric and effort, little has been done to overcome this problem. Vetiver, a little-known tropical grass, offers one practical and inexpensive way to control erosion on a huge scale in both humid and semi-arid regions. Hedges of this deeply rooted species catch and hold back sediments while the stiff foliage acts as a filter that also slows runoff and keeps moisture on site.
This book assesses vetiver's promise and limitations and identifies places where this grass can be deployed without undue environmental risk.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Introduction
1 Worldwide Experiences
2 Case Studies
3 Conclusions
4 Questions and Answers
5 The Plant
6 Next Steps
Appendix A: Great Challenges, Great Opportunities
Appendix B: Other Potential "Vetivers"
Appendix C: Selected Readings
Appendix D: Research Contacts
Appendix E: Biographical Sketches
The BOSTID Innovation Program
Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID)
BOSTID Publications in Print
For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vast amounts of topsoil are washed or blown away from arable land only to accumulate in rivers, reservoirs, harbors, and estuaries, thereby creating a double disaster: a vital resource disappears from where it is desperately needed and is deposited where it is equally unwanted.
Despite much rhetoric and effort, little has been done to overcome this problem. Vetiver, a little-known tropical grass, offers one practical and inexpensive way to control erosion on a huge scale in both humid and semi-arid regions. Hedges of this deeply rooted species catch and hold back sediments while the stiff foliage acts as a filter that also slows runoff and keeps moisture on site.
This book assesses vetiver's promise and limitations and identifies places where this grass can be deployed without undue environmental risk.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Introduction
1 Worldwide Experiences
2 Case Studies
3 Conclusions
4 Questions and Answers
5 The Plant
6 Next Steps
Appendix A: Great Challenges, Great Opportunities
Appendix B: Other Potential "Vetivers"
Appendix C: Selected Readings
Appendix D: Research Contacts
Appendix E: Biographical Sketches
The BOSTID Innovation Program
Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID)
BOSTID Publications in Print
Panel on Vetiver, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council
1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 1 Worldwide Experiences; 4 2 Case Studies; 5 3 Conclusions; 6 4 Questions and Answers; 7 5 The Plant; 8 6 Next Steps; 9 Appendix A: Great Challenges, Great Opportunities; 10 Appendix B: Other Potential "Vetivers"; 11 Appendix C: Selected Readings; 12 Appendix D: Research Contacts; 13 Appendix E: Biographical Sketches; 14 The BOSTID Innovation Program; 15 Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID); 16 BOSTID Publications in Print
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.1993 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-309-04269-0 / 0309042690 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-309-04269-7 / 9780309042697 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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