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Title: | Soil quality change in the Maltese Islands a 10-year assessment (2003 to 2013) |
Other Titles: | Emergent realities for social wellbeing : environmental, spatial and social pathways |
Authors: | Sultana, Daniel |
Keywords: | Soils -- Quality Soils -- Malta Soils -- Analysis Soil conservation -- Malta Soils -- Standards Soils -- Trace element content |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Criminology |
Citation: | Sultana, D. (2017). Soil quality change in the Maltese Islands a 10-year assessment (2003 to 2013). In S. Formosa (Ed.), Emergent realities for social wellbeing : environmental, spatial and social pathways (pp. 267-292). Malta: University of Malta. Department of Criminology. |
Abstract: | Soils constitute a significant non-renewable geo-resource. Soil resources produce various ecosystem goods and services, chief amongst which are food production and the recycling or assimilation of wastes and other by-products (Arrouays, Marchant, Saby, Meersmans, Orton & Martin, 2012; deGroot, Wilson and Boumans., 2002). Healthy soils are therefore the foundation of our food system and merit our attention (Bot & Benites, 2005). Over the past few decades, various anthropogenic factors have increased the pressures on soil systems and associated ecosystem services. Amongst these pressures is a growth in global population and standards of living as well as climate change. These factors have significantly increased the global demand for food and have led to a widespread process of land use intensification. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/39349 |
ISBN: | 9789995790813 9789995790905 |
Appears in Collections: | Emergent realities for social wellbeing : environmental, spatial and social pathways |
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