Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Distinguishing Between Capability and Condition

  • Chapter
Global Soil Security

Part of the book series: Progress in Soil Science ((PROSOIL))

Abstract

Soil security is a concept that will make it possible to understand soil and its role in delivering ecosystem services and is used to quantify the soil resource. Of the five dimensions, capability and condition focus on the biophysical aspects of soil, and there is the potential to develop a data set of indicators to assess these two dimensions. The timescales of change and the ability to manage soils described by these dimensions will affect the choice of soil properties as indicators. Once established these indicators will be useful to users, managers and regulators of soil and the ongoing monitoring of changes in the soil’s condition to avoid undesirable outcomes. This will involve understanding the soil’s resilience to change both from a biophysical and socio-economic interpretation, i.e. focusing on the capability and its condition, respectively.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 139.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Andrews SS, Karlen DL, Cambardella CA (2004) The soil management assessment framework. Soil Sci Soc Am J 68:1945–1962

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bouma J, McBratney A (2013) Framing soils as an actor when dealing with wicked environmental problems. Geoderma 200–201:130–139

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bouma J, Batjes NH, Groot JJR (1998) Exploring land quality effects on world food supply. Geoderma 86:43–59

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bouma J, van Altvorst AC, Ewag R, Smeets PJAM, van Latesteijn HC (2011) The role of knowledge when studying innovation and the associated wicked sustainability problems in agriculture. Adv Agron 113:293–323

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bouma J, Stoorvogel JJ, Sonneveld WMP (2012) Land evaluation for landscape units. In: Huang PM, Li Y, Summer M (eds) Handbook of soil science. CRC Press, Boca Raton/London/New York, pp 34-1–34-22

    Google Scholar 

  • Doran JW, Ziess MR (2000) Soil health and sustainability: managing the biotic component of soil quality. Appl Soil Ecol 15:3–11

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Droogers P, Bouma J (1997) Soil survey input in exploratory modelling of sustainable soil management practices. Soil Sci Soc Am J 61:1704–1710

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • FAO (1976) A framework for land evaluation, Soils Bulletin, 32. FAO, Rome

    Google Scholar 

  • Godfray HCJ, Breddington JR, Crute IR, Haddad L, Lawerence D, Muir JF, Pretty J, Robinson S, Thomas AM, Toulmin C (2010) Food security: the challenge of feeding 9 billion people. Science 327:812–818

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Govaerts B, Sayre KD, Deckers J (2006) A minimum data set for soil quality assessment of wheat and maize cropping in the highlands of Mexico. Soil Tillage Res 87:163–174

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gregorich EG, Carter MR, Doran JW, Pankhurst CE, Dwyer LM (1994) Towards a minimum data set to assess soil organic carbon in agricultural soils. Can J Soil Sci 74:367–386

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hartemink AE (2003) Soil fertility decline in the tropics: with case studies on plantations. CABI Publishing, New York

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Holling CS, Walker B (2003) Resilience defined. Internet Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics

    Google Scholar 

  • iCannals LM, Bauer C, Depestele J, Dubreuil A, Knuckel RF, Gaillard G, Michlesen O, Müller-Wenk R, Rydgren B (2007) Key elements in a framework for land use impact assessment with LCA. Int J LCA 12:5–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Janzen HH, Fixen PE, Franzluebbers AJ, Hattey J, Izaurralde EC, Ketterings QM, Lobb DA, Schlesinger WH (2011) Global prospects rooted in soil science. Soil Sci Soc Am J 75:1–8

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Karlen DL, Andrews SS, Doran JW (2001) Soil quality: current concepts and applications. Adv Agron 74:2–40

    Google Scholar 

  • Koch A, McBratney AB, Adams M, Field DJ, Hill R, Lal R, Abbott L, Angers D, Baldock J, Barbier E, Bird M, Bouma J, Chenu C, Crawford J, Flora CB, Goulding K, Grunwald S, Jastrow J, Lehmann J, Lorenz K, Minasny B, Morgan C, O’Donnell A, Parton W, Rice CW, Wall DH, Whitehead D, Young I, Zimmermann M (2013) Soil security: solving the global soil crisis. Glob Policy J 4(4):434–441

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kuan HL, Hallet PD, Griffiths BS, Gregory AS, Watts CW, Whitmore AP (2007) The biological and physical stability and resilience of a selection of Scottish soils to stress. Eur J Soil Sci 58:811–821

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lal R (1993) Tillage effects on soil degradation, soil resilience, soil quality and soil sustainability. Soil Tillage Res 27:1–8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lal R (1996) Degradation and resilience of soils. Philos Trans R Soc Lond 352:997–1010

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • McBratney A, Field DJ (2015) Securing our soil. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 61:587–591

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • McBratney AB, Minasny B, Wheeler I, Malone BP (2012) Frameworks for digital soil assessment. In: Minasny B, Malone BP, McBratney AB (eds) Digital soil assessment and beyond. Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp 9–14

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • McBratney A, Field DJ, Koch A (2014) The dimensions of soil security. Geoderma 213:203–213

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Neff D, Dillmann P, Burlot-Gurlet L, Beranger G (2005) Corrosion of iron archeological artefacts in soil: characterization of the corrosion system. Corros Sci 47:515–535

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nortcliff S (2002) Standardisation of soil quality attributes. Agric Ecosyst Environ 88:161–168

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rockström J, Falkenmark M, Karlberg L, Hoff H, Rost S, Gerten D (2009) Future water availability for global food production: the potential of green water for increasing resilience to global change. Water Resour Res, 45 (W00A12), 1–16

    Google Scholar 

  • Rossiter DG (1996) A theoretical framework for land evaluation. Geoderma 72:165–190

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schipper LA, Sparling GP (2000) Performance of soil condition indicators across taxonomic groups and land uses. Soil Sci Soc Am J 64:300–311

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Stockmann U, Adams M, Crawford JW, Field DJ, Henakaarchchi N, Jenkins M, Minasny B, de Courcelles V de R, Singh K, Wheeler I, Abbott L, Angers D, Baldock J, Bird M, Brookes PC, Chenu C, Jastrow J, Lal R, Lehmann CJ, O'Donnell AG, Parton WJ, Whitehead D, Zimmermann M (2013) The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon. Agric Ecosyst Environ 164:80–99

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Tendall DM, Joerin J, Kopainsky B, Edwards P, Shreck A, Le QB, Kruelti P (2015) Food system resilience: defining the concept. Glob Food Secur 6:17–23

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tugel AJ, Herrick JE, Brown JR, Mausbach MJ, Puckett W, Hipple K (2005) Soil change, soil survey and natural resources decision making: a blueprint for action. Soil Sci Soc Am J 69:738–747

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wilson BR, Growns I, Lemon J (2008) Land-use effects on soil properties on the northwestern slopes of New South Wales: implications for soil condition assessment. Aust J Soil Res 46:359–367

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

    Damien J. Field

  2. Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    T. Sanderson

Authors
  1. Damien J. Field
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. T. Sanderson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Damien J. Field .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, The University of Sydney, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

    Damien J. Field  & Alex B. McBratney  & 

  2. Department of Soil & Crop Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Cristine L. S. Morgan

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Field, D.J., Sanderson, T. (2017). Distinguishing Between Capability and Condition. In: Field, D.J., Morgan, C.L.S., McBratney, A.B. (eds) Global Soil Security. Progress in Soil Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43394-3_4

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation