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Identification of potential Land for long-term sustainable food production: Stage 1: identification of soil and water resources

Details:

Title

Identification of potential Land for long-term sustainable food production: Stage 1: identification of soil and water resources,

Other title

Anthia Pascoe-Bell, Brian Lynch, Jason Hill, Caroline Green, Arthur Cameron and Stuart Smith.,

Creator

Pascoe-Bell, A., Lynch, B., Hill, Jason V, Green, Caroline, Cameron, Arthur, Smith, Stuart,

Collection

E-Publications, PublicationNT, E-Books,

Date

2011-09-00,

Description

This report has been superceded by the 2nd Edition, published in 2014. The information integrates soil and water resources with commodity requirements to identify areas with potential for development.This report integrates soil and land resource information together with rainfall, groundwater availability and climatic and agronomic conditions. It was a desktop GIS analysis of existing land, water and climate data with expert input from local agronomists, soil landscape scientists and hydro geologists. The land system information used is broad scale and intended for Northern Territory wide and regional assessments and is not appropriate for detailed planning. A series of 19 maps are included in this report., Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Data Requirements -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion -- 6. 20 Territory Growth Towns -- 7. References -- 8. Appendices.,

Language

English,

Subject

Sustainable agriculture -- Northern Territory, Humus Soil Management -- Northern Territory,

Publisher name

Natural Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport.,

Place of publication

Darwin,

Format

1 volume (various paging) : colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Related links

http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/soil, http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/238939, http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/soil, http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/238939 [2nd edition. Title: Potential land for long-term sustainable food production],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242197,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610214

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610216,