An exploration of spatial risk assessment for soil protection: Estimating risk and establishing priority areas for soil protection

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 692-701

  Kibblewhite, M G ^a   Bellamy, P H ^a   Brewer, T A ^a   Graves, A R ^a   Dawson, C A ^a   Rickson, R J ^a   Truckell, I ^a   Stuart, J ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Organic matter; Risk acceptability; Soil; Spatial risk

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EROSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

NATURAL REGENERATION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RISK ACCEPTABILITY; RISK REDUCTION MEASURES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPATIAL ESTIMATION; SPATIAL RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EROSION; ORGANIC CARBON; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEXTURE;

EROSION; ORGANIC MATTER; RISK ACCEPTABILITY; SOIL; SPATIAL RISK;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

EID: 84892505393     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.086     Document Type: Article

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