Soil health: definitions, history, key concepts and hurdles

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Wander, Michelle M.
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Abstract
This chapter reviews the history and trajectory of soil quality and soil health as global scientific objectives. Sections review definitions and drivers, key concepts, and hurdles that change this field of effort before considering evolving methodologies.
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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97718
Keywords
soil quality; soil health; normative science; proxy indicators; resistance and resilence; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVF Sustainable agriculture; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVB Agricultural science; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVK Agronomy and crop production
DOI
10.19103/AS.2021.0094.01
ISBN
9781801466110
Publisher
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Publication date and place
Cambridge, 2023
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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series
Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science,
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Sedimentology and pedology
Sustainable agriculture
Agricultural science
Agronomy and crop production
Pages
22
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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