A theoretical framework for land evaluation

Soil protection requires the improvement of agricultural land use, its planning and its management, in order to achieve a sustainable development. Land evaluation analysis is considered an interface between land resources survey and land use planning and management. The application of information and communication technology has exerted an impact on sustainable land use decision support. Since the early 1990s and following this trend, MicroLEIS (Mediterranean Land Evaluation Information System) has evolved towards an agro-ecological decision support system. The original project corresponds to a set of qualitative land evaluation methods converted to PC computer programs to automate their application. Today, MicroLEIS DSS is a set of useful tools for decision-making which in a wide range of agro-ecological schemes. The design philosophy follows a toolkit approach, integrating many software tools: databases, statistics, expert systems, neural networks, Web and GIS applications, and other information technologies. The MicroLEIS DSS system, in English and Spanish simultaneously, is available ready-for-use from the following website address: www.microleis.com. The new, re-designed MicroLEIS DSS will provide considerable opportunities for greater cooperation in interdisciplinary research and in the application of knowledge to solve problems of soil protection. # 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

A land evaluation decision support system (MicroLEIS DSS) for agricultural soil protection: With special reference to the Mediterranean region

Is soil variation random

Soils in urban areas have versatile functions, and their ecological services, especially the ability to buffer and purify pollutants, are very much needed. However, the formation and characteristics of urban soils are strongly affected by human activities, and so are their functions. In urban areas, soil horizons are often irregularly established, with anthropogenic layers and a high degree of heterogeneity owing to human disturbance and infill. Soil structure is often under degradation due to artifacts and technogenic substrata, mechanical compaction and human trampling. Physical degradation, such as compaction and destruction of structure, may reduce the ability of urban soils in infiltrating water and storing capacity, thus causing a higher runoff and pollutant load to the receiving water bodies. Soil compaction is also believed to worsen city heat island effects by reflecting more radiation, and seriously reduce the soil gas capacity and exchange. However, soil sealing fully loses its service ...

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Formation, characteristics and eco-environmental implications of urban soils – A review

Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78:348–360 doi:10.2136/sssaj2013.09.0412 Open Access Received 24 Sept. 2013. *Corresponding author (krolson@illinois.edu). © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permission for printing and for reprinting the material contained herein has been obtained by the publisher. Experimental Consideration, Treatments, and Methods in Determining Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Rates Review & Analysis–Soil & Water Management & Conservation

Experimental Consideration, Treatments, and Methods in Determining Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Rates

Use of multiple regression analysis to estimate average corn yields using selected soils and climatic data

A soil-climate index to predict corn yield☆

Ridged Fields in British Honduras

Assessment of effects of soil variability on maximum alfalfa yields, New York

A Land System Atlas of Western Kenya

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