part Part 1: Concepts and Innovations in Soil Classification -- chapter 1 Philosophies of Soil ClassiÞcations: From Is to Does -- chapter 2 How Good Is Our Soil ClassiÞcation? -- chapter 3 Soil ClassiÞcation: Past and Present -- chapter 4 Conceptual Basis for Soil ClassiÞcation: Lessons from the Past -- chapter 5 Soil ClassiÞcation and Soil Research -- chapter 6 Back to the Old Paradigms of Soil ClassiÞcation -- chapter 7 Incorporating Anthropogenic Processes in Soil ClassiÞcation -- chapter 8 Developments in Soil Chemistry and Soil ClassiÞcation -- part Part 2: Developments in Classification Systems -- chapter 9 Demands on Soil ClassiÞcation in Australia -- chapter 10 Development of Soil ClassiÞcation in China -- chapter 11 The Brazilian Soil ClassiÞcation System -- chapter 12 The Future of the FAO Legend and the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World -- chapter 13 The Current French Approach to a Soilscapes Typology -- chapter 14 New Zealand Soil ClassiÞcationPurposes and Principles -- chapter 15 Changing Concepts of Soil and Soil ClassiÞcation in Russia -- chapter 16 Advances in the South African Soil ClassiÞcation System -- chapter 17 Soil Taxonomy and Soil Survey -- chapter 18 ClassiÞcation of Soils of the Tropics: A Reassessment of Soil Taxonomy -- chapter 19 Anticipated Developments of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources.