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Soil vulnerability to pollution in Europe
Author(s) -
Batjes N. H.,
Bridges E. M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
soil use and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1475-2743
pISSN - 0266-0032
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1993.tb00923.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , vulnerability (computing) , pollution , soil water , environmental planning , environmental resource management , flexibility (engineering) , environmental protection , soil contamination , scale (ratio) , work (physics) , soil functions , environmental engineering , geography , computer science , soil organic matter , soil science , engineering , ecology , soil biodiversity , cartography , computer security , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , biology
. Pollution by inorganic and organic substances is increasingly disrupting the natural functions of soils. Some soils seem capable of receiving and holding chemical compounds, at the same time retaining their ecological flexibility, but others are readily damaged and should be regarded as vulnerable to particular pollution scenarios. At the request of the Chemical Time Bombs (CTB) Project, the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) organized an international workshop to assess the feasibility of increasing awareness of ‘soil vulnerability’ by a mapping exercise for Europe (SOVEUR), at a scale of 1:5 M, with reference to selected organic and inorganic contaminants. The workshop participants outlined procedures for a GIS‐based approach to determining areas where vulnerable soils occur, and formulated proposals for the implementation phase of the SOVEUR programme. Funding is now sought for continuation of the work outlined in this paper.