Framing soils as an actor when dealing with wicked environmental problems

Geoderma

Volumn 200-201, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-139

  Bouma, Johan ^a   McBratney, Alex ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinarity; Soil functions; Soil security; Sustainable development; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; SOIL FUNCTION; TRANSDISCIPLINARITY;

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOILS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TYPE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84875484070     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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