On Soil Capability, Capacity, and Condition

Alex. B. McBratney, Damien Field, Cristine L.S. Morgan and Jingyi Huang
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Alex. B. McBratney: School of Life and Environmental Sciences & Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
Damien Field: School of Life and Environmental Sciences & Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
Cristine L.S. Morgan: Soil Health Institute, Raleigh, NC 27560, USA
Jingyi Huang: Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI 53706, USA

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: The role of soil in the existential environmental problems of declining biodiversity, climate change, water and energy security, impacting on food security has highlighted the need to link the soil functions to ecosystem services. We describe and illustrate by a limited example, the concepts and assessment of soil’s capacity measured through its capability and condition as contributors to an overall soil security framework. The framework is based on the concepts of genosoils and phenosoils. The links to other notions, such as threats to soil and soil functions are made. The framework can be potentially applied elsewhere to quantify soil changes under natural processes and human activities.

Keywords: soil capability; soil condition; soil capacity; soil health; soil quality; soil functions; soil security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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