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Using soil map and simulation modeling for the analysis of land use scenarios

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Title Using soil map and simulation modeling for the analysis of land use scenarios
 
Creator Diels, J.
Orshoven, J. van
Vanclooster, M.
Feyen, J.
 
Subject SOIL
LAND USE
SIMULATION MODELS
SOIL MAPS
PESTICIDES
LEACHING
 
Description The contribution of the soil scientist to land use planning mainly consists in the identification of land units and the assessment of their soil-related opportunities and limitations for various land utilization types. With a land use scenario study for the Flemish region in Belgium as an example, it is demonstrated how a soil map, static soil information, and pedotransfer functions can be used in a practical qualitative-semiquantitative application. Recent insights into the nature of soil variability and soil processes have promoted the use of quantitative land evaluation procedures, based on soil data bases, pedotransfer functions, and simulation models. The fact that soil maps, soil data bases, and pedotransfer functions do not provide all required data for simulation models hampers the breakthrough of quantitative land evaluation. The lack of data potentially negatively affects the reliability of the final assessment. The need for an in-depth uncertainty analysis before turning from qualitative-semiquantitative to quantitative land evaluation is underlined and illustrated for the case of vulnerability assessment of pesticide leaching.
 
Date 2019-10-03T14:30:53Z
2019-10-03T14:30:53Z
1996
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Diels, J., Van Orshoven, J., Vanclooster, M. & Feyen, J. (1996). Using soil map and simulation modeling for the analysis of land use scenarios. In: R.J. Wagenet & J. Bouma (Eds), The role of soil science in interdisciplinary research. Soil Science Society of America, 45, 123-143.
978-0-89118-940-4
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103921
 
Language en