Spatial Decision Making and Mapping for Implementing Policies for Sustainable Soil Management
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 348
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil mapping; climate change impact assessment; forest growth vs. site conditions
Interests: soil nutrient and water resource management
Interests: tropical peatland hydrology; coastal sediment dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It has been five years since the first book was published that identified soil mapping and process modeling in soils as a key factor in promoting sustainable soil management.
The topic of sustainable soil management has not lost its importance since then; in fact, it will become even more important in the future. The significance of soil management is high not only in the field of agriculture due to food security, but also in other land use sectors such as forestry. It is becoming increasingly clear that soil “well-being” is not only a cornerstone of agriculture, but also a wealth of ecosystem services without which adaptation to climate change is difficult to achieve.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to bring together the latest scientific findings and good practices in the field of sustainable soil management. These results and good practices provide a better understanding of soil-dependent land use systems and thus fit well into the profile of the journal.
We intend to compile a collection of new scientific results in goal-oriented mapping of soils according to sustainability criteria, especially if they also have adaptive significance. In addition, we look forward to studies that show examples of innovative solutions based on scientific results and that can be integrated into sustainable land management practices. There is a growing need for decision support systems for soil management worldwide. An important task of these systems is to assess and indicate the impact of sustainability policy measures.
Dr. Gábor Illés
Dr. Jake Mowrer
Dr. Sigit Sutikno
Dr. Kalman Rajkai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Sustainable soil management
- Decision support in soil management
- Sustainability indicators of soils
- Adaptive soil mapping
- Soil and climate change
- Soil management policy
