A land information system for Turkey - a key to the country's sustainable development

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dc.contributor.authorHallett, Stephen H.en_UK
dc.contributor.authorOzden, D. M.en_UK
dc.contributor.authorKeay, C. M.en_UK
dc.contributor.authorKoral, A.en_UK
dc.contributor.authorKeskin, S.en_UK
dc.contributor.authorBradley, R. Ianen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2005-11-23T13:04:46Z
dc.date.available2005-11-23T13:04:46Z
dc.date.issued2003-07en_UK
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the development by the General Directorate of Rural Services (GDRS) of a land information system for Turkey, namely the National Soil and Water Information System. It is of great significance for the modern state of Turkey as, prior to its establishment in 1999 under the Turkish Agricultural Research Project, there was no definitive, national technological information resource underpinning land and water resource management. The system will underpin the operational and research responsibilities of the Directorate in combating some of the pressing contemporary environmental concerns in Turkey, including wind and water erosion, waterlogging, sodicity and salination of the soil resource. The complex process of compiling the first national digital soil map will be among the initial tasks, as well as establishing a national infrastructure for distributing the information amongst GDRS managers and scientists. With the proposed accession of the Turkish Republic to the European Union, alignment of the National Soil and Water Information System with European standards and protocols will prove to be an important facet of its ongoing development.en_UK
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dc.identifier.citationS. H. Hallett, D. M. Ozden, C. A. Keay, A. Koral, S. Keskin and R. I. Bradley, A land information system for Turkey - a key to the country's sustainable development, Journal of Arid Environments, Volume 54, Issue 3, July 2003, Pages 513-525en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0140-1963
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1826/812
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jare.2002.1075
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.titleA land information system for Turkey - a key to the country's sustainable developmenten_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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