Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD)
The GLASOD project (1987-1990), carried out for UNEP, has produced a world map of human-induced soil degradation. Data were compiled in cooperation with a large number of soil scientists throughout the world, using uniform Guidelines and international correlation. The status of soil degradation was mapped within loosely defined physiographic units (polygons), based on expert judgement. The type, extent, degree, rate and main causes of degradation have been printed on a global map, at a scale of 1:10 million, and documented in a downloadable database. Information about the areal extent of human-induced soil degradation can be found in an explanatory note.
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- 9e84c15e-cb46-45e2-9126-1ca38bd5cd22 XML
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Online resource
- Protocol
- WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download
- Protocol
- WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related
- Protocol
- WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related
Resource identifier
- code
- 9e84c15e-cb46-45e2-9126-1ca38bd5cd22
- Metadata language
- English
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Encoding
- Format
- zip
Projection
- code
- 4326
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
-
- Geoscientific information
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
- Stratum
-
- Soil science
- Region
-
- Global
Other keywords
- Theme
-
- chemical deterioration
- physical deterioration
- degradation status
Geographic coverage
N
S
E
W
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 1988-01-01
- End
- 1990-10-01
Temporal extent
- Date (Publication)
- 1990-10-01
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Oldeman LR, Hakkeling RTA and Sombroek WG 1991. World Map of the Status of Human-Induced Soil Degradation: An explanatory Note (rev. ed.), UNEP and ISRIC, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_1990_07.pdf
- Denominator
- 10000000
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
- Attribution 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0)
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- godert.vanlynden@wur.nl
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- godert.vanlynden@wur.nl
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- Date stamp
- 2021-07-14T11:52:33
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
SDS
Conformance class 1: invocable
Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
Conformance class 2: interoperable
Access constraints
Limitation
Use constraints
Limitation
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
Overviews
Spatial extent
N
S
E
W
Provided by
Associated resources
Not available