Soil: An overlooked, undervalued and vital part of the human environment

Environmentalist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Bridges, E M ^a,b   Van Baren, J H V ^a,c,d  

^a ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Land and Water Devmt Div of FAO

^d Intl Society of Soil Science

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN VALUES; LAND USE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SOIL RESOURCES;

EID: 0030620106     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018575211129     Document Type: Article

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