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Rudi Dudal
Raoul "Rudi" Dudal (1 May 1926 – 23 January 2014) was a Belgian soil scientist. He was born in Brugge. He graduated in agricultural engineering in 1949 and took a PhD in agricultural sciences in 1955, both at the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), Catholic University of Leuven. From 1955 to 1984 he worked in the FAO, among others as the chief of soil resources development and conservation service from 1970 to 1975 and director of the Land and Water Development Division from 1976 to 1984. He was also among the main developers of the Soil Map of the World. Within the International Union of Soil Sciences, International Soil Science Society, Dudal chaired the Commission on Soil Classification and Survey from 1968 to 1974, then served as secretary-general from 1974 to 1978. From 1984 he was a professor of soil science at KU Leuven. Building on the earlier work with the Soil Map of the World, Dudal was also engaged in crafting World Reference Base for Soil Resources as secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brugge
Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 14,099 hectares (140.99 km2; 54.44 sq. miles), including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (from , meaning 'Bruges by the Sea'). The historic city center is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008),Statistics Belgium; ''Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2008'' (excel-file) Population of all municipalities in Belgium, as of 1 January 2008. Retrieved on 19 October 2008. of whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
