Combined use of GIS and environmental indicators for assessment of chemical, physical and biological soil degradation in a Spanish Mediterranean region

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-162

  de Paz, José Miguel ^a   Sánchez, Juan ^b   Visconti, Fernando ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation; GIS; Indicator; Soil

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAND USE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FOREST BIOMASS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES; REGIONAL SCALE; SOIL DEGRADATION;

SOILS;

RAIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLICY; SALINITY; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SPRING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33644968319     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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