Developing a Web Resource on Soils and Land Management in Jordan

Project Number:

03D-02

Project Duration:

36 Months

Dates:

November 18, 2003 to November 17, 2006

Institution of Principle Investigator while on this project:

University of Arizona

Investigators (most current known information)

Casler, Carla Long (PI)

Project Librarian, Arid Lands Information Center, The University of Arizona, 1955 East 6th Street, Tucson AZ 85719

TEL: +1-520-621-8571, FAX: +1-520-621-3816, Email: ccasler@ag.arizona.edu

Al-Bakri, Jawad Taleb

Assistant Professor, Department of Land, Water & Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, JORDAN

TEL: +962-6-535-5000, FAX: +962-6-535-5578, Email: jbakri@ju.edu.jo

Khresat, Sa’eb AbdelHaleem

Professor, Department of Natural Resources & the Environment, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 3030, Irbid 22110, JORDAN

TEL: +962-7-966-0022, FAX: +962-2-709-5123, Email: skhresat@just.edu.jo

Rawajfih, Zahir

Associate Professor, Soil Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 3030, Irbid 22110, JORDAN

TEL: +962-2-720-1000, FAX: +962-2-709-5069, Email: zahir@just.edu.jo

Ziadat, Feras Mousa

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Resources & Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, JORDAN

TEL: +962-6-535-5000, FAX: +962-6-535-5578, Email: fziadat@agr.ju.edu.jo

Proposal Abstract

Information about soils and land management are not readily available in Jordan. A great many studies and research projects have been done but the results are published in reports, which are housed in offices. Print publications may be available in libraries. Electronic data, such as data available in the Jordan Soil and Climatic Information System (JOSCIS) are not available to projects that intend to make the data available to a broad audience. This project could not create interactive maps with data layers on our Website (http://alic.arid.arizona.edu/jordansoils/), but did develop useful maps and it presents 70 soil surveys and background on geomorphology and soil classification for land regions in Jordan. With this information and links to full-text studies, reference works, and manuals by ministries in Jordan and by international organizations, the website provides useful tools and teaching aids to faculty and researchers in Jordan. Since Internet access is not always reliable, the University of Arizona members prepared a CD-ROM with the complete Website and many full-text resources to distribute in Jordan expanding the project's outreach efforts.