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Using Geographic Information Systems to Establish Ameliorative Measures
Using Geographic Information Systems to Establish Ameliorative Measures

Using Geographic Information Systems to Establish Ameliorative Measures

Author(s): Costinela Pîrvan
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental Geography, Geomatics, Maps / Cartography
Published by: Editura Aeternitas
Keywords: suitability; hydro-improvements; pedological improvements; agricultural improvements; GIS;

Summary/Abstract: Considering the increasing number of planet inhabitants, the increasing life expectancy and climate changes that we face, achieving stable production by practicing sustainable agriculture is a major goal. Moreover, the improvement of technology for viewing, querying and analyzing data about soil, is leading to the easy use of such software in the agricultural land management. In this work are processed soils data, in order to obtain information about these lands arable classes suitability. This information leads to the establishment of limitations and flaws regarding these lands. The limitations or restrictions regarding the terrains lead to improvement requirements by land improvement works or agricultural-pedology-improvement works.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 139-146
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English