Soil sealing

URI: https://soilwise-he.github.io/soil-health#SoilSealing

Definition

Soil sealing refers to the destruction or covering of soil by buildings, other constructions and layers of impermeable artificial material (asphalt, concrete, etc.).

Broaders

• soil indicators

• soil threat indicators

Exact match

• http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_f9554e7c

causes

soil loss

causes

soil biological function loss

causes

biodiversity loss

isIncludedIn

soil physical degradation

isMeasuredBy

normalised difference vegetation index method

isSourceOf

land use sub-indicators

RO_0002552

soil functions

RO_0017004

soil microbial biomass nitrogen

RO_0017004

soil microbial biomass carbon

T4FS_0000577

building land stock

TXPO_0003500

field

source

Prokop2011

source

Zhao2012

source

EC2017

source

mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services

source

Maes2020

unit

PERCENT

equivalentTo

imperviousness

BAO_0095002

soil sealing change

BAO_0095002

imperviousness change

related

urban zone population growth

isBasedOn

EEA indicators

indicates

soil threats

isCalculatedBy

sealed area per capita

isCalculatedBy

sealed area per total area

isEssentialFor

soils