Front Cover -- Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- I. Theory -- 1 Historical Perspectives on Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management -- Introduction -- Brief Review of Developments Prior to the 20th Century -- Developments in the 20th Century -- National Soil Mapping Programs -- Models in Support of Soil Mapping and Land Use Management -- Recognizing Erosion as a Problem -- Erosion Modeling -- Concept of Soil Quality/Health -- Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems -- Remote and Proximal Sensing -- Spatial Statistics and Other Numerical Techniques -- Concluding Comments -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 Soil Mapping and Processes Modeling for Sustainable Land Management -- Introduction -- Soil and Sustainable Development Interdependence -- Sustainable Land Management and Soil Maps -- Definition and Principles -- Sustainable Land Management Need: The Water Question -- Sustainable Land Management Practices and Indicators -- Sustainable Land Management Monitoring and Assessment -- Soil Spatial Analysis, Mapping, and Sustainable Land Management -- Soil Models Contribution to Sustainable Land Management -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Goal Oriented Soil Mapping: Applying Modern Methods Supported by Local Knowledge -- Introduction -- Recent Methods used for Soil Mapping -- Remote and Proximal Sensing -- Traditional and Spatial Statistics -- Traditional Perceptions and Know-How About Soil: Ethnopedology -- Soil Classification -- Soil and Land Degradation -- Soil Quality -- Integration of Scientific and Local Knowledge for Sustainable Land Management -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- II. Instrumentation and Sensors used for gaining Information on Soil Related Parameters -- 4 Optical Remote Sensing for Soil Mapping and Monitoring -- Introduction -- From Laboratory to Image Data -- Laboratory Spectroscopy -- Field Spectroscopy -- Imaging Spectroscopy -- Soil Properties Mapping by Means of Imaging Spectroscopy -- Methodologies for the Retrieval of Soil Properties Based on Imaging Spectroscopy Data -- Hyperspectral Soil Mapper Software Interface for Operational Soil Properties Mapping -- Example of Soil Properties Mapping Applications at Airborne Scale -- Global Soil Mapping and Monitoring with Imaging Spectroscopy Data: Potential and Challenges -- Soil Erosion Mapping -- Soil Erosion Stages Within a Rainfed Cultivated Area of Central Spain -- Mapping Land Degradation with Ecohydrological Remote Sensing Indicators -- Disentangling Natural Ecosystem Variability and Disturbance -- Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration -- Example of Evapotranspiration Ratios Detecting Land Degradation Risk in Drylands -- Biocrust Mapping -- Biocrust Spectral Traits -- Biocrust Mapping Methods -- Multispectral Indices to Map Biocrust .
-- Hyperspectral Indices to Map Biocrusts -- Biocrust Surface Cover Quantification -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- 5 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics Applied for Soil Mapping: A Contribution to Land Use Management -- Introduction -- Spatial Prediction Required for Soil Mapping -- Sampling Design -- Spatial Association -- Data Mining -- Deployment -- Example of a Spatial Association Approach for Soil Mapping -- Spatial Autocorrelation -- Deterministic Spatial Interpolation -- Geostatistics -- Example of a Spatial Autocorrelation Approach for Soil Mapping -- Hybrid Approaches -- Example of a Hybrid Approach for Soil Mapping -- Conclusions -- References -- Further Reading -- 6 Soil Mapping and Processes Models for Sustainable Land Management Applied to Modern Challenges -- Introduction -- Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies -- Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation -- Climate Change Mitigation -- Sustainable Agricultural Production -- Food Security -- Soil Quality/Health -- Human Health -- Soils, Society, and Economics -- Land Degradation and Restoration -- Fire -- Soil Erosion -- Soil Compaction -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Further Reading -- III. Case Studies and Guidelines -- 7 Modeling Agricultural Suitability Along Soil Transects Under Current Conditions and Improved Scenario of Soil Factors -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Land and Soil Evaluation -- MicroLEIS -- Mediterranean Region -- Materials and Methods -- Location of the Study Area -- Elevation Data -- Analysis of Soil Transects -- Climate Information -- Crop Suitability: Almagra Model -- Results and Discussions -- Major Soil Factors Considered in Soil and Land Evaluation -- Soil pH -- Carbonate Content -- Salinity and Exchangeable Sodium Percentage -- Soil Texture -- Drainage -- Soil Depth -- Organic Matter -- Crop Suitability -- Soil Suitability Under Current Situation -- Soil Suitability Improved Scenario -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Soil and Land Use in the Alps—Challenges and Examples of Soil-Survey and Soil-Data Use to Support Sustainable Developmen ... -- Introduction -- The Alps and Their Soils -- Land Use and Land-Use Changes in the Alps -- A Conceptual Framework of Soil–Society Relations -- Case Study Overview -- Soils and Land Use in the Alps -- Traditional Land-Use Types and Related Long-Term Impacts on Soils -- Former and Recent Land-Use Changes on a Valley Floor (Inn Valley, Austria) -- Geomorphic Structure and Land Use in an Inner-Alpine Dry Region (Etsch Valley, Italy) -- Soil Degradation and Reforestation on the Slopes of an Inner-Alpine Dry Region (Etsch Valley, Italy) -- The Effect of Land-Use Changes on Soil Properties (Aosta Valley, Italy) -- Soil Diversity and Dynamics at Forest and Pasture Sites (Pokljuka Plateau, Slovenia) -- Soil Pattern and Grazing Impacts at High Elevations (Zugspitz Region, Germany) -- Summary of Soils and Land Use in the Alps -- Mapping and Mod.
eling Soils in the Alps -- Methods, Status, and Relevance -- The Potential of Soil Overview Maps (Bavaria, Germany) -- The Concept of a Digital, Layer-Structured Soil Information System (South Tyrol, Italy) -- Improving Soil Maps to Assist the Land-Use Planning Needs of a Local Community (Braslovče, Slovenia) -- Soil Properties and Water Management (South Tyrol, Italy) -- Mapping Land Suitability to Mountain Viticulture (Aosta Valley, Italy) -- Considering Soil Characteristics in the Designation of Protection Forests (Tyrol, Austria) -- Modeling Soil Carbon Stocks in Forests (Switzerland) -- Mapping Susceptibility to Snow Gliding in the Monterosa Ski Resort (Aosta Valley, Italy) -- Sustainable Land Use in Construction Projects (Switzerland) -- Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 Compilation of Functional Soil Maps for the Support of Spatial Planning and Land Management in Hungary -- Introduction -- Mapping Soil Features Beyond Primary Properties -- Variations for the Application of Digital Soil Map Products in Spatial Planning and Land Management -- Application of Digital Soil Property Maps in Conventional Models -- Application of Digital Soil Property Maps in Process Models -- The Applied 4M Crop Model -- Spatial Prediction of Soil Productivity -- Beyond Soil Productivity Assessment -- Elaboration of Target-Specific Digital Soil Maps -- Soil Data -- Auxiliary Data -- Spatial Inference -- Compilation of the Criterion Maps -- Further Processing of the Elaborated Maps to Support Agricultural Policy -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10 Mapping Ash CaCO3, pH, and Extractable Elements Using Principal Component Analysis -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Study Area, Experimental Design, and Sampling Methods -- Statistical and Spatial Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Descriptive Statistics -- Correlations and Principal Component Analysis -- Spatial Structure Analysis -- Factor Maps and Interpolation Performance Analysis -- Implications for Sustainable Management of Fire-Affected Areas -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11 Human-Impacted Catenas in North-Central Iowa, United States: Ramifications for Soil Mapping -- Catenas and Soil Mapping -- Iowa Catenas: The Des Moines Lobe -- Clarion-Nicollet-Webster Catena -- Historic Catena Research -- Agricultural Land Use: Agent of Soil Change -- Subsurface Drainage -- Erosion and Sedimentation -- Soil Organic Carbon -- Soil Amendments -- Soil Taxonomy -- Case Study: Modern Catenas on the Des Moines Lobe -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Soil pH -- Thickness of Mollic Colors -- Soil Organic Carbon -- Geometric Mean -- Bulk Density -- Ramifications for Soil Mapping -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Mapping Soil Vulnerability to Floods Under Varying Land Use and Climate -- Introduction -- Material and Methods -- Site Description -- In Situ Field Rainfall Simulations -- Principle of the Extrapolation of Runoff Process -- Re.
