RT Journal Article
T1 Soil legislation and policies: Bibliometric analysis, systematic review and quantitative approaches with an emphasis on the specific cases of the European Union and Portugal
A1 Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues
A1 Ferreira, António José Dinis
A1 Cunha, Carlos
A1 Pereira, José Luís da Silva
A1 Sánchez Carreira, María del Carmen
A1 Castanheira, Nádia Luísa
A1 Ramos, Tiago Brito
K1 Bibliographic data
K1 Qualitative data
K1 Soil strategy
K1 Word cloud
AB The literature shows that there are dimensions related to soil legislation and policy in the European Union contexts that can be better explored through bibliometric analysis, systematic reviews and quantitative approaches. Therefore, this research aims to analyse documents on soil legislation and policies, highlighting the specific cases of Portugal and the European Union (EU). The aim is to identify suggestions to improve the Portuguese and European Union soil policy instruments and measures. To achieve these objectives, a bibliometric analysis (considering text and bibliographic data) and systematic review were carried out, as well as a survey of the available soil legislation (considering qualitative data and quantitative analysis). The results show that soil legislation and policy have become more relevant in recent years and that concerns are about soil health, protection and safety, as well as risk mitigation, biodiversity preservation and the maintenance of ecosystem services. However, some topics could be further explored in future research, namely those related to multidisciplinarity, smart methodologies, soil salinisation, innovation and quantitative approaches to assessing policy impacts. This study presents suggestions that can be considered by the Portuguese and European Union policymakers to improve the respective soil legislation and policies. Defining a regulatory system for soils in the European Union has not been easy over time, although there have been attempts, given the specificities of the contexts related to soils and the reluctance of some member states to take certain measures. The approaches and analysis topics considered are innovative (there aren't many scientific documents on the topics that address bibliometric analysis and quantitative assessments with qualitative data) and bring novelty to the literature.
PB Elsevier
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40829
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40829
LA eng
NO Martinho, V. J. P. D., Ferreira, A. J. D., Cunha, C., da Silva Pereira, J. L., Carreira, M. D. C. S., Castanheira, N. L., & Ramos, T. C. B. (2024). Soil legislation and policies: Bibliometric analysis, systematic review and quantitative approaches with an emphasis on the specific cases of the European Union and Portugal. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.HELIYON.2024.E34307
NO This work is funded by National Funds through the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project Refa UIDB/00681/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/00681/2020).
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026