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several soil series in risk of extinction in EE.UU. Likewise Lo Pappa et al.
(2011) showed the loss of pedodiversity in Sicily over a 53-yr period, as
well as dramatic predictive scenarios in 2050 using neural Markov chains
and cellular automata (see Lo Papa and Dazzi in this book).
Zhang et al. (2007) demonstrated the loss of pedodiversity as a result of
urban sprawl and infrastructures in densely populated industrial areas. In
contrast Dazzi et al. (2009) and Lo Pappa et al. (2011) studied perturbations
caused by industrial farming practices in rural territories. The latter authors
also detect the genesis of new soil types (manmade ...