This book presents an in-depth guide to the subject matter and main points of hydrostructural pedology, as theorized for the first time. The authors focus on the underlying concepts, the purpose and role this field plays within agroenvironmental sciences.  It is divided into two parts.

Part 1 presents the theory behind  hydrostructural pedology. The systemic approach applied to the soil is presented, showing how this leads to the thermodynamic formulation of water in the soil’s organized medium and to the systemic modeling of soil–water-coupling in natural or anthropic organizations.

Part 2 presents the methodology to complement the first part. In it, the authors determine the hydrostructural characteristics of the pedostructure, characteristic parameters of equilibrium state equations and the hydrostructural functioning of the soil.

Content: Part I: Theory of Systemic Modeling of the Pedostructure within the Hierarchal Hydro-functional Organization of the Natural Environment Chapter 1: Introduction to Part 1 Chapter 2: Inherent Problems of Soil Science Chapter 3: The Systemic Approach Applied to Pedology Chapter 4: The General System (GS), Generic Model of Scientific Disciplines Related to the Study and Management of Natural Areas Chapter 5: Emergence of a New Scientific Discipline: Hydrostructural Pedology Chapter 6: Implications for Agri- environmental Sciences Part II: Hydro-structural Characterization of Soil Pedostructure Chapter 7: Introduction to Part 2 Chapter 8: Theoretical Recall Chapter 9: Methods for Determining the Characteristic Parameters

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