Soil and Terrain Database, Land Degradation Status and Soil Vulnerability Assessment for Central and Eastern Europe

This CD-ROM presents the spatial and attribute databases and the technical reports produced during the execution of the Mapping of Soil and Terrain Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe (SOVEUR) project (GCP/RER/107/NET) between February 1997 and April 2000. The spatial and attribute databases contain : (i) a harmonized soil and terrain database for thirteen countries in eastern Europe at 1: 2.5 million scale, compiled following the SOTER principles, including georeferenced soil profile data; (ii) a database and associated maps on the status of soil degradation in the region including an evaluation of the extent, type, severity, causes and trends; (iii) a database and associated maps on the vulnerability to pollution in particular by eleven metals: Cd, Mn, Ni, Co, Zn, Cu, Cr, Pb, Hg, Fe and Al. The technical reports included cover the various technical documentation and guidelines prepared for the compilation of the various spatial databases. They also contain proceedings of two workshops held by the SOVEUR project.
[System requirements: MS-Windows 95/98/NT; 32 MB of RAM; Arc/Info GIS software]