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This book presents the basic concepts of quantitative soil science and, within this framework, it seeks to construct a new body of knowledge. There is a growing need for quantitative approach in soil science, which arises from a general demand for improved economic production and environmental management. Pedometrics can be defined as the development and application of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in soil science. This book shows how pedometrics can address key soil-related questions from a quantitative point of view.  It addresses four main areas which are akin to the problems of conventional pedology: (i) Understanding the pattern of soil distribution in character space – soil classification, (ii) Understanding soil spatial and temporal variation, (iii) Evaluating the utility and quality of soil and ultimately, (iv) Understanding the genesis of soil. This is the first book that address these problems in a coherent quantitate approach.

Soil science --- Mathematics. --- Earth sciences. --- Environmental sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Earth Sciences. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Environmental science --- Science --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation

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This book presents the basic concepts of quantitative soil science and, within this framework, it seeks to construct a new body of knowledge. There is a growing need for quantitative approach in soil science, which arises from a general demand for improved economic production and environmental management. Pedometrics can be defined as the development and application of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in soil science. This book shows how pedometrics can address key soil-related questions from a quantitative point of view.  It addresses four main areas which are akin to the problems of conventional pedology: (i) Understanding the pattern of soil distribution in character space – soil classification, (ii) Understanding soil spatial and temporal variation, (iii) Evaluating the utility and quality of soil and ultimately, (iv) Understanding the genesis of soil. This is the first book that address these problems in a coherent quantitate approach.

General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Pedology --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- bodemkunde --- bodembescherming --- landbouw --- milieutechnologie

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This book describes and provides many detailed examples of implementing Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) using R. The work adheres to Digital Soil Mapping theory, and presents a strong focus on how to apply it. DSM exercises are also included and cover procedures for handling and manipulating soil and spatial data in R. The book also introduces the basic concepts and practices for building spatial soil prediction functions, and then ultimately producing digital soil maps.

Soil Science & Conservation. --- Math. Appl. in Environmental Science. --- Digital soil mapping. --- Predictive soil mapping --- Environment. --- Geographical information systems. --- Statistics. --- Environmental sciences. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs. --- R (Computer program language) --- GNU-S (Computer program language) --- Domain-specific programming languages --- Soil mapping --- Mathematical statistics. --- Mathematics --- Statistical inference --- Statistics, Mathematical --- Statistics --- Probabilities --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Environmental science --- Science --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Statistical methods --- Geography --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Statistics . --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical science --- Econometrics --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- R (Computer program language). --- Geographic information systems.

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This book describes and provides many detailed examples of implementing Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) using R. The work adheres to Digital Soil Mapping theory, and presents a strong focus on how to apply it. DSM exercises are also included and cover procedures for handling and manipulating soil and spatial data in R. The book also introduces the basic concepts and practices for building spatial soil prediction functions, and then ultimately producing digital soil maps.

Mathematical statistics --- Mathematics --- Geodesy. Cartography --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Pedology --- Computer. Automation --- Geography --- bodemkunde --- geodesie --- GIS (geografisch informatiesysteem) --- milieukunde --- bodembescherming --- informatica --- statistiek --- wiskunde --- milieutechnologie

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This book introduces the concept of soil security and its five dimensions: Capability, Capital, Condition, Connectivity and Codification. These five dimensions make it possible to understand soil's role in delivering ecosystem services and to quantify soil resource by measuring, mapping, modeling and managing it. Each dimension refers to a specific aspect: contribution to global challenges (Capability), value of the soil (Capital), current state of the soil (Condition), how people are connected to the soil (Connectivity) and development of good policy (Codification). This book considers soil security as an integral part of meeting the ongoing challenge to maintain human health and secure our planet's sustainability. The concept of soil security helps to achieve the need to maintain and improve the world’s soil for the purpose of producing food, fiber and freshwater, and contributing to energy and climate sustainability. At the same time it helps to maintain biodiversity and protects ecosystem goods and services.

Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Climate change. --- Biodiversity. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Climate Change Management and Policy. --- Climatic changes.