Digital Soil Mapping Across Paradigms, Scales and Boundaries
This book contains papers presented at the 6th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, held 11-14 November 2014 at the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences of Nanjing, China. Digital soil mapping is advancing on different fronts at diff
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Gan-Lin Zhang Dick Brus Feng Liu Xiao-Dong Song Philippe Lagacherie Editors
Digital Soil Mapping Across Paradigms, Scales and Boundaries
Springer Environmental Science and Engineering
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Editors Gan-Lin Zhang Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China Dick Brus Soil Science Alterra Wageningen The Netherlands
Xiao-Dong Song Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China Philippe Lagacherie National Institute for Agricultural Research Paris France
Feng Liu Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China
ISSN 2194-3214 ISSN 2194-3222 (electronic) Springer Environmental Science and Engineering ISBN 978-981-10-0414-8 ISBN 978-981-10-0415-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0415-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015960825 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by SpringerNature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd.
Foreword
Unprecedented demands are being placed on the world's soil resources (Koch et al. 2013). Responding to these challenging demands requires relevant, reliable, and applicable information. Indeed, soils have critical relevance to global issues such as food and water security and climate regulation and they are increasingly recognized as major contributors to a wide range of ecosystem services. Mankind depends upon soil for nearly everything. Our soil resource is being under threat, and we must improve our knowledge about the current state and trend of soil condition. Traditional soil survey involves field reconnaissance and data collection to draw soil map unit boundaries (polygons) on maps. However, traditiona
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