Salvati Luca, Barone Pier Matteo, Ferrara Carlotta
Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centre for the Study of Plant-Soil Interactions (CRA-RPS), Via della Navicella 2-4, 00184, Rome, Italy.
Environ Monit Assess. 2015 May;187(5):283. doi: 10.1007/s10661-015-4534-2. Epub 2015 Apr 23.
Topsoil organic carbon (TOC) and soil organic carbon (SOC) are fundamental in the carbon cycle influencing soil functions and attributes. Many factors have effects on soil carbon content such as climate, parent material, land topography and the human action including agriculture, which sometimes caused a severe loss in soil carbon content. This has resulted in a significant differentiation in TOC or SOC at the continental scale due to the different territorial and socioeconomic conditions. The present study proposes an exploratory data analysis assessing the relationship between the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon and selected socioeconomic attributes at the local scale in Italy with the aim to provide differentiated responses for a more sustainable use of land. A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis contributed to understand the effectiveness of local communities responses for an adequate comprehension of the role of soil as carbon sink.
表土有机碳（TOC）和土壤有机碳（SOC）在影响土壤功能和属性的碳循环中至关重要。许多因素会影响土壤碳含量，如气候、母质、地形以及包括农业在内的人类活动，这些活动有时会导致土壤碳含量严重损失。由于不同的地域和社会经济条件，这在大陆尺度上导致了TOC或SOC的显著差异。本研究提出了一项探索性数据分析，评估意大利局部尺度上土壤有机碳的空间分布与选定社会经济属性之间的关系，旨在为土地的更可持续利用提供差异化应对措施。优势、劣势、机会和威胁（SWOT）分析有助于理解当地社区应对措施的有效性，以便充分理解土壤作为碳汇的作用。
