Contact Caroline Keay
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 752992
- Email: c.keay@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Carbon, Climate and Risk
- Digital Agriculture
- Environmental Policy
- Natural Capital
- Soil
- Soil Resources
Background
Caroline Keay is responsible for the management of the Land Information System (LandIS), maintaining a range of reference documents and a comprehensive knowledge of the soil data holdings of NSRI.
University of Edinburgh BSc 1987 Ecological Science with honours in Resource Management
Cranfield University MSc 2010 Land Management (specialisation in Soil Management)
1987-88 Training Course in Arboriculture and New Technology, Essex County Council
Current activities
Project management for the LandIS support contract funded by Defra including writing project proposals and reports
Managing a small team to meet the requirements of the LandIS support contract
Hardware and Software specification and procurement
Managing the data lease activities of the LandIS group
Extracting and manipulating LandIS data for various clients, using Oracle tools and ESRI ARCView for spatial representation
Research into the effect of Climate Change on Agricultural Land Classification in England and Wales
Producing map based data for the definition of Areas facing Natural Constraint
Developing an online guide to the Soils of England and Wales (available at http://www.landis.org.uk)
Principal contact point for the UK National Reference Centre for Soils within the EIONET
Links with European Soil organisations including the Joint Research Centre, Ispra
Helping to develop new standards for the INSPIRE programme and ISO standards for Soil data
Undertaking the First Aid at Work training course
Clients
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Natural England
- Environment Agency
- Welsh Government
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Hannam JA, Keay CA, Mukherjee K, Rugg I, Williams A, .... (2025). Changes in land capability for agriculture under climate change in Wales. Science of The Total Environment, 987
- Rivington M, King R, Duckett D, Iannetta P, Benton TG, .... (2021). UK food and nutrition security during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Nutrition Bulletin, 46(1)
- Hallett SH, Sakrabani R, Keay CA & Hannam JA. (2017). Developments in land information systems: examples demonstrating land resource management capabilities and options. Soil Use and Management, 33(4)
- Arrouays D, Leenaars JGB, Richer-de-Forges AC, Adhikari K, Ballabio C, .... (2017). Soil legacy data rescue via GlobalSoilMap and other international and national initiatives. GeoResJ, 14(9)
- Hollis JM, Lilly A, Higgins A, Jones RJA, Keay CA, .... (2015). Predicting the water retention characteristics of
UK mineral soils. European Journal of Soil Science, 66(1) - Gregory AS, Kirk GJD, Keay CA, Rawlins BG, Wallace P, .... (2014). An assessment of subsoil organic carbon stocks in
E ngland andW ales. Soil Use and Management, 30(1) - Keay CA, Jones RJA, Hannam JA & Barrie IA. (2012). The implications of a changing climate on agricultural land classification in England and Wales. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 152(1)
- DACCACHE A, KEAY C, JONES RJA, WEATHERHEAD EK, STALHAM MA, .... (2012). Climate change and land suitability for potato production in England and Wales: impacts and adaptation. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 150(2)
Conference Papers
- Hallett SH & Keay CA. (2010). Requirements and use for soil data at the EU level
- Hallett SH, Ozden DM, Keay CA, Koral A, Keskin S, .... (2003). A land information system for Turkey—a key to the country's sustainable development
- Hallett SH, Jones RJA & Keay CA. (1996). Environmental information systems developments for planning sustainable land use
- HOLLIS JM, KEAY CA, HALLETT SH, GIBBONS JW & COURT AC. (1995). USING CATCHIS TO ASSESS THE RISK TO WATER RESOURCES FROM DIFFUSELY APPLIED PESTICIDES
- HOLLIS JM, HALLETT SH & KEAY CA. (1993). THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF AN INTEGRATED DATABASE FOR MODELLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF HERBICIDES
Books
- Keay CA & Hannam JA. (2013). Soil Data from the United Kingdom (England and Wales) In Weynands M, Montanarella L & Toth G (eds), European HYdropedological Data Inventory (EU-HYDI) (JRC 81129, Report EUR 26053 EN). European Union.
- Proctor ME, Siddons PA, Jones RJA, Bellamy PH & Keay CA. (1998). Land Information Systems for sustainable development in the UK In Land Information Systems: Developments fro planning the sustainable use of land resources. Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
