Definition of priority areas for soil protection at a continental scale

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-133

  Kibblewhite, M G ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Soil degradation; Soil policy; Soil protection; Soil quality; Sustainable land use

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LAND USE; POLICY APPROACH; PRIORITIZATION; SALINIZATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84857994374     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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