Abstract
A study conducted in the Selaqui area of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India was to assess and compare the changes in the physical and chemical properties of soils under different land-use viz. natural forest soil, agricultural (cultivated) soil, abandoned soil, and industrial soil. Soil samples collected randomly from the four sites with three replications for each land-use system, at two varied depth levels (0-15 cm and 15-30 cm). Results of this study indicated that the forest land recorded the highest moisture content, electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, organic carbon, available phosphorous and available potassium while the higher pH and calcium content were observed in an abandoned land and industrial land use respectively. However, the lowest moisture content, electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, and calcium content were recorded from abandoned land use; the pH from industrial land use and the available phosphorous and available potassium from agriculture (cultivated) land use.
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