Table of Contents
- 7.1 - Introduction
- 7.1.1 - Soil functions
- 7.1.1.1 - Biomass production
- 7.1.1.2 - Filtering, buffering and transformation
- 7.1.1.3 - Biological habitat and gene reserve
- 7.1.1.4 - Foundation
- 7.1.1.5 - Source of raw materials
- 7.1.1.6 - Historical medium
- 7.1.1.7 - Interaction of functions
- 7.1.1.8 - Functions at risk
- 7.1.1.2 - Filtering, buffering and transformation
- 7.1.2 - Soils of Europe
- 7.1.2.1 - Well drained soils
- 7.1.2.1.1 - 'Black earths'
- 7.1.2.1.2 - Sandy soils
- 7.1.2.1.3 - Acid loamy soils
- 7.1.2.1.4 - Non-acid loamy soils
- 7.1.2.1.5 - Clayey soils
- 7.1.2.1.2 - Sandy soils
- 7.1.2.2 - Shallow and stony soils
- 7.1.2.3 - Semi-arid and salt-affected soils
- 7.1.2.4 - Imperfectly drained soils
- 7.1.2.1.1 - 'Black earths'
- 7.1.3 - Soil vulnerability
- 7.1.1.1 - Biomass production
- 7.2 - Problems and Threats
- 7.2.1 - Soil erosion
- 7.2.1.1 - Causes
- 7.2.1.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.1.3 - Impacts
- 7.2.1.4 - Remedies
- 7.2.1.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.2 - Soil acidification
- 7.2.2.1 - Causes
- 7.2.2.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.2.3 - Impacts
- 7.2.2.4 - Remedies
- 7.2.2.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.3 - Soil pollution by heavy metals
- 7.2.3.1 - Cause
- 7.2.3.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.3.3 - Impacts
- 7.2.3.4 - Remedies
- 7.2.3.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.4 - Soil pollution by pesticides and other organic contaminants
- 7.2.4.1 - Causes
- 7.2.4.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.4.3 - Impacts
- 7.2.4.4 - Remedies
- 7.2.4.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.5 - Soil pollution by nitrates and phosphorous
- 7.2.5.1 - Causes
- 7.2.5.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.5.3 - Impacts
- 7.2.5.4 - Remedies
- 7.2.5.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.6 - Soil pollution by artificial radionuclides
- 7.2.7 - Contaminated soil
- 7.2.7.1 - Causes
- 7.2.7.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.7.3 - Impacts
- 7.2.7.4 - Remedies
- 7.2.7.5 - Legislation concerning contaminated land
- 7.2.7.5.1 - Where are the polluted sites?
- 7.2.7.5.2 - How clean is clean? How dirty is dirty?
- 7.2.7.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.8 - Soil compaction
- 7.2.8.1 - Causes
- 7.2.8.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.8.3 - Impacts
- 7.2.8.4 - Remedies
- 7.2.8.2 - Magnitude
- 7.2.9 - Other threats
- 7.2.9.1 - Organic matter losses
- 7.2.9.2 - Salinisation
- 7.2.9.3 - Waterlogging
- 7.2.9.2 - Salinisation
- 7.2.1.1 - Causes
- 7.3 - Responses
- 7.3.1 - Ecological responses
- 7.3.1.1 - Critical load: a useful policy tool
- 7.3.2 - Technical responses
- 7.3.3 - Policy and legislation
- 7.3.3.1 - Perspectives for future policies and approaches
- 7.3.3.2 - Current situation
- 7.4 - Conclusions
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