This updated and revised second edition brings geopedology issues into the current context. This new edition extends the work on popular topics such as digital soil mapping, GIS and landscape mapping, and it also gives valuable insight with up-to-date theoretical discussions and new application with relevant case studies. This textbook offers a proven approach for reliable mapping of soil-landscape relationships to derive information for policy, planning and management at scales ranging from local to regional. Filled with didactic elements such as case studies, visual aids (maps, charts and figures), questions and answers, the book is of interest to geohazard studies, land use conflict analysis, land use planning, land degradation assessment, and land suitability analysis.
Soil is a vital resource for society at large and an important determinant of the economic status of nations. The intensification of natural disasters and the increased land use competition for food and energy have raised awareness of the relevant role the pedosphere plays in natural and anthropogenic environments. Recent papers and global initiatives show a renewed interest in soil research and its applications for improved planning and management of this fragile and finite resource.
About the Author: Joseph Alfred Zinck (deceased) was professor emeritus at the University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands. He has previously worked in soil survey and land use planning projects.
Graciela Metternicht is Dean of Science at Western Sydney University, Australia. Her research interests are in the fields of environmental management and geospatial technologies.
Héctor Francisco del Valle is is professor at the Regional Geomatic Center (CEREGEO), Universidad Autónoma de Entre Rios (UADER), Entre Ríos province, Argentina. He works in applications of soil remote sensing and geomatics to manage environmental risk. He has more than 45 years of experience in Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing of Soils.
Marcos Esteban Angelini is an international consultant at the Global Soil Partnership, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and assistant professor at the National University of Luján, Argentina. His main interest is in Digital Soil Mapping applications for sustainable soil management and soil information systems.
