Comprehensive assessment of soil quality for landscape and urban management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 88, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Schindelbeck, Robert R ^a   van Es, Harold M ^a   Abawi, George S ^b   Wolfe, David W ^a   Whitlow, Thomas L ^a   Gugino, Beth K ^b   Idowu, Omololu J ^a   Moebius Clune, Bianca N ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b School of Integrative Plant Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive soil testing; Soil health; Soil quality; Soil remediation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS; SOIL HEALTH; SOIL QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS; SOIL REMEDIATION;

SOIL TESTING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SAMPLING; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL TEST; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 54149086488     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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