Developments in Soil Classification, Land Use Planning and Policy Implications: Innovative Thinking of Soil Inventory for Land Use Planning and Management of Land Resources

✍ Scribed by Shabbir A. Shahid, Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah, Yasser Othman, Anil Kumar, Faisal K. Taha (auth.), Shabbir A. Shahid, Faisal K. Taha, Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 875
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As the world’s population continues to expand, maintaining and indeed increasing agricultural productivity is more important than ever, though it is also more difficult than ever in the face of changing weather patterns that in some cases are leading to aridity and desertification. The absence of scientific soil inventories, especially in arid areas, leads to mistaken decisions about soil use that, in the end, reduce a region’s capacity to feed its population, or to guarantee a clean water supply. Greater efficiency in soil use is possible when these resources are properly classified using international standards. Focusing on arid regions, this volume details soil classification from many countries. It is only once this information is properly assimilated by policymakers it becomes a foundation for informed decisions in land use planning for rational and sustainable uses.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xlvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Innovative Thinking for Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Resources in Abu Dhabi Emirate Through Scientific Soil Inventory and Policy Development....Pages 3-49
Demands on Soil Classification and Soil Survey Strategies: Special-Purpose Soil Classification Systems for Local Practical Use....Pages 51-83
Reconnaissance Soil Survey for the State of Kuwait....Pages 85-107
Do the Emerging Methods of Digital Soil Mapping Have Anything to Learn from the Geopedologic Approach to Soil Mapping and Vice Versa?....Pages 109-131
Soil Thematic Map and Land Capability Classification of Dubai Emirate....Pages 133-146
Land Evaluation Interpretations and Decision Support Systems: Soil Survey of Abu Dhabi Emirate....Pages 147-164
Conceptual Soil-Regolith Toposequence Models to Support Soil Survey and Land Evaluation....Pages 165-174
Anhydrite Formation on the Coastal Sabkha of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates....Pages 175-201
Fundamental Steps for Regional and Country Level Soil Surveys....Pages 203-227
Assessment of Soil Diversity in Western Siberia Using WRB 2006....Pages 229-241
Classification of the Topsoil Fabrics in Arid Soils of Central Asia....Pages 243-256
Digital Mapping of Gypsic Horizon Morphotypes and Soil Salinity in an Old Alluvial Piedmont Plain of Uzbekistan....Pages 257-267
Soils in Arid and Semiarid Regions: The Past as Key for the Future....Pages 269-284
Classification, Characterization, and Suitability Evaluation of the Savanna Soils of Oyo North of Nigeria....Pages 285-303
Use of Soil Survey Database for the Probabilistic Evaluation of Soil Cover Transformation in the Semiarid Zone of Western Siberia....Pages 305-313
Soil Suitability of Northern State of Sudan to Irrigated Agriculture....Pages 315-328
Effects of Plants on Soil-Forming Processes: Case Studies from Arid Environments....Pages 329-344
The Sand Land Soil System Placement (Taxonomy) and Society....Pages 345-351
Digital Soil Mapping Using Spectral and Terrain Parameters and Statistical Modelling Integrated into GIS-Northwestern Coastal Region of Egypt....Pages 353-371
Studies on the Micromorphology of Salt-Affected Soils from El-Fayoum Depression, Egypt....Pages 373-392
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Correlation of Students’ Estimation and Laboratory Determination of Soil Texture....Pages 393-403
Soil Classification and Genesis in Part of Khorasan Province....Pages 405-415
Classification, Characterization, and Management of Some Agricultural Soils in the North of Egypt....Pages 417-448
Semiarid Soils of Eastern Indonesia: Soil Classification and Land Uses....Pages 449-466
Front Matter....Pages 467-467
Land Use Planning and Policy Implication: Bridging Between Science, Politics and Decision Making....Pages 469-481
Application of Soil Survey in Land Use Planning and Policy Development....Pages 483-491
General Framework for Land Use Planning in United Arab Emirates....Pages 493-503
Spatial Mapping and Analysis of Integrated Agricultural Land Use and Infrastructure in Mhlontlo Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa....Pages 505-521
Agricultural Land Conversion: Application of Land Capability Classification in Land-Use Planning of Embaderho Village in Eritrea....Pages 523-533
Assessment of Land Use Planning and Development in Nigeria: Challenges and Policy Implications on Agriculture....Pages 535-547
Soil Use Planning and Decelerating Crop Productivities: Policy Implications for Indian Punjab....Pages 549-561
Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development Using Geoinformatics: Policy Implications for Drylands....Pages 563-575
Remote Sensing and Geographical Information as an Aid for Land Use Planning and Implications to Natural Resources Assessment: Case Study, South India....Pages 577-590
Common Land Resources: The Present Status and Need for Their Conservation in North India....Pages 591-604
Participatory Soil and Land Evaluation Mapping: An Alternative Approach to Improve Soil and Land Evaluation Information for Decision Makers....Pages 605-615
Land Suitability Assessment of the Proposed Uranium Mining Area in North-East Botswana....Pages 617-631
Sustainable Development and Management Policies for Soil and Water Conservation in Egypt....Pages 633-647
Front Matter....Pages 649-649
New Trends in Land Degradation and Desertification Research and the Role of the Association DesertNet International in Sharing Knowledge and Promoting Sustainable Land Management....Pages 651-667
Land-Use Planning for Controlling Land Degradation in Kuwait....Pages 669-689
Methodological Approach to Estimate In-Site Costs of Desertification When Empirical Data Are Not Available....Pages 691-701
Front Matter....Pages 649-649
Managing the Hazards of Drought and Shifting Sands in Dry Lands: The Case Study of Kuwait....Pages 703-729
Determining Degraded Soils of Southern Kazakhstan Through Assessing Stability of Soil Aggregates....Pages 731-749
Front Matter....Pages 751-751
Application of a Screening Model to Evaluate Pesticide Contamination in Soil and Groundwater for Sustainable Agriculture in Oman....Pages 753-767
Modelling of Soil Contamination and its Remediation by In-Situ Solvent Flushing....Pages 769-779
Front Matter....Pages 781-781
Sharing Information to Accelerate Implementation of Reclamation and Improvement of Degraded Lands: WASWAC Experience....Pages 783-797
Innovations in Soil Chemical Analyses: New ECs and Total Salts Relationship for Abu Dhabi Emirate Soils....Pages 799-812
Quality Assurance Standards: USDA Perspective of the Extensive Soil Survey of Abu Dhabi Emirate....Pages 813-822
The Role of Mycorrhiza in the Reclamation of Degraded Lands in Arid Environments....Pages 823-836
Preliminary Interpretation of Environmental Isotope Data in the Ain El Atti Area (Tafilalet)....Pages 837-845
Use of Lombrica to Enhance Soil Fertility for Crop Production in Madagascar....Pages 847-856
Back Matter....Pages 857-867

✦ Subjects

Environment, general; Earth Sciences, general; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Literacy; Geography (general)