Prioritising soil quality assessment through the screening of sites: The use of publicly collected data

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-266

  Bone, J ^a   Barraclough, D ^b   Eggleton, P ^c   Head, M ^a   Jones, D T ^a,c   Voulvoulis, N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Environmental Risk Assessment; EU Environmental Policies for Soil Protection; Soil; Soil degradation; Soil Framework Directive; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EU ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR SOIL PROTECTION; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY;

SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUROPEAN UNION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84902085604     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2138     Document Type: Article

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