Global soil security /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Series: | Progress in soil science.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I: Rationale for Soil Security; Chapter 1: Soil Security: A Rationale; 1.1 What Is Soil Security?; 1.2 Which Issues Does This Concept Intend to Address?; 1.2.1 Global Existential Challenges: The Emerging Recognition of the Role of Soil; 1.2.2 The World's Soils Are Under Threat; 1.3 The Global Challenges and Their Connection to Soil; 1.3.1 Food Security; 1.3.2 Water Security; 1.3.3 Energy Security; 1.3.4 Climate Change; 1.3.5 Human Health; 1.3.6 Biodiversity; 1.3.7 Summary; 1.4 Dimensions of Soil Security; 1.4.1 Capability; 1.4.2 Condition
- 1.4.3 Capital1.4.4 Connectivity; 1.4.5 Codification; 1.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Soil Security: Dimensions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Dimensions; 2.2.1 Capability and Condition; 2.2.2 Capital, Connectivity and Codification; 2.3 Future Needs; References; Part II: Capability; Chapter 3: Soil Capability: Exploring the Functional Potentials of Soils; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Seven Soil Functions and Storylines; 3.3 Functionality: The Phenoforms; 3.4 What Is Potentially Possible? Quantitative Land Evaluation
- 3.5 How Can the Potential Be Reached? The Role of a Management Support System3.6 Resilience; 3.7 How to Best "frame" the Capability Concept?; 3.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Distinguishing Between Capability and Condition; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Comparing Capability and Condition; 4.3 Potential Indicators of Capability and Condition; 4.4 Considerations of Resilience; 4.5 Future Needs; References; Chapter 5: Valuing of Soil Capability in Land Surface Modeling; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Experimental Overview; 5.3 Results; 5.4 Future Needs; References
- Chapter 6: Soil Capability for the USA Now and into the Future6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Land Capability Class System; 6.3 Progress to Modern Soil Capability Maps; 6.4 Soil Interpretations in the US Soil Survey; 6.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Quantifying Capability: GlobalSoilMap; 7.1 Links to the Global Challenges; 7.2 Links to Dimensions of Soil Security; 7.3 Conventional Soil Maps; 7.4 From Paper Maps to Digital Maps; 7.5 Creating Digital Soil Maps: A Summary of the Methods; 7.5.1 Minimum Data Set; 7.5.2 Estimating Soil Properties Using Legacy Data; 7.5.3 Estimating Uncertainty
- 7.6 Administrative and Governance Issues7.7 Work to Date; References; Chapter 8: Testing the Links Between Soil Security, Sustainable Land Management Practices and Land Evaluation; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Soil Security Concept; 8.3 Assessment of SLM Publications Based on Soil Security; 8.4 Results; 8.4.1 Sustainable Land Management in Practice: WOCAT (Liniger et al. 2011); 8.4.2 Land and Soil Capability Assessment Scheme (OEH 2012); 8.4.3 Soils: A Contemporary Perspective (SCP) (Palm et al. 2007); 8.5 Discussion on Implications for Soil Security; 8.5.1 Soil Capability v Land Capability