Sustainable Environmental Analysis of Soil and Water—2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil Conservation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil physics; digital soil mapping; soil moisture; remote sensing
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Interests: soil physics; vadose zone hydrology; precision agriculture; proximal soil sensing; digital soil mapping; soil spatial variability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increase in human activities around the world represents a serious threat to the maintenance of health and stability in various components of the environment, including soil and water, two crucial materials in the continuation of life on Earth. It is therefore necessary to focus our efforts and attention on preserving these valuable resources. To protect soil and water and support sustainable development, we need soil/water maps that provide the wider community of soil and water users with access to the knowledge and data flows that they need. In recent years, thanks to huge advances in a range of soil and water data collection methods—including the development of satellite and proximal sensors and data analysis methods based on artificial intelligence algorithms, machine learning, and deep learning—a new field of study has emerged around understanding the different dimensions of soil and water and providing a solution to maintain their stability. Accurately mapping the spatial and temporal distribution of the static and dynamic parameters of soil and water at different scales based on new technologies is of great importance in maintaining the sustainability of the environment, agriculture, food security, climate, natural resources, etc., which can improve quality of life for all living beings.
The goal of this Special Issue is to identify ways to better manage and use natural resources (soil and water). To this end, our aim is to determine how we can gather various types of information to generate precise and accurate data on soil and water, without damaging these resources, in order to achieve sustainability.
This Special Issue will showcase research and review articles, including new and creative ideas, in the following fields:
- Smart soil and water data management;
- The conservation of soil and water resources;
- Sustainability in agricultural and urban soils;
- Digital soil mapping;
- Remote sensing in soil and water studies;
- Spatial and temporal changes in soil and water properties;
- Soil and water erosion;
- Soil moisture retrieval;
- Modeling and management of soil and water pollution;
- Land use/cover mapping.
Dr. Solmaz Fathololoumi
Prof. Dr. Asim Biswas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil water
- sustainability
- agricultural
- erosion environment
- remote sensing
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