A web based Geospatial Decision Support System to quantify the impact of soil sealing on soil functions

Soil sealing is considered one of the most dangerous land degradation processes on global, European and national scales. Numerous policies aiming to mitigate this soil threat testify the importance of the phenomenon, which however is continuously growing, or at least does not shows signs of abating. Here we would show a spatial decision support system (S-DSS)-based on a Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure-with the aim of applying it as an operational instrument aiming towards soil sealing mitigation. The system developed within the framework of the LANDSUPPORT EU project (www. landsupport. eu) started on May 2018 has the ambition to impact on those who take decision over soil sealing issues. It currently represents an evolution of a previous S-DSS tool named Soil sealing and landscape planning, still operational and described in a scientific publication (https://doi. org/10.1002/ldr. 2802). The system ...