Analysis of soil degradation in the Czech Republic: GIS approach

Bořivoj Šarapatka, Marek Bednář and Pavel Novák
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Bořivoj Šarapatka: Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Marek Bednář: Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Pavel Novák: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague-Zbraslav, Czech Republic

Soil and Water Research, 2010, vol. 5, issue 3, 108-112

Abstract: In our work, we have evaluated the available data on the individual types of soil damage, which has been processed in the Czech Republic in recent decades. The individual types of degradation (water erosion, wind erosion, soil compaction, extreme soils (clay soils), loss of organic matter, acidification, dryness impact, and intoxication) were classified in one of three groups: physical degradation, desertification and chemical degradation. Each type of degradation was assigned a specific weight reflecting the importance of this kind of soil degradation. The maps of individual areas of degradation were processed by overlay and assigning weighting techniques in ArcView Spatial Analyst GIS environment to create the final maps for each class of the degradation threat. The same technique was used to create the final map showing the most troubled areas in the Czech Republic, threatened by soil damage.

Keywords: degradation; GIS; modelling; soil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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