Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services Proceedings of the 9th SUITMA Congress

This proceedings volume focuses on different aspects of environmental assessment, monitoring, and management of urban and technogenic soils. Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas (SUITMAs) differ substantially from their natural zonal counterparts in their physical, chemical...

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Other Authors: Vasenev, Viacheslav (Editor), Dovletyarova, Elvira (Editor), Cheng, Zhongqi (Editor), Prokof’eva, Tatiana V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Springer Geography
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1 Problems of SUITMA diagnostic and classification
  • Section 2 Spatial temporal variability of urban soils features and processes
  • Section 3 Urban soils' functions and ecosystem services: from concepts to application
  • Section 4 Bioremediation and reclamation of soils contaminated with oil products, heavy metals and radionuclide
  • Section 5 Genesis, geography, soil features and processes in SUITMAs part I
  • Section 6 Genesis, geography, soil features and processes in SUITMAs part II
  • Section 7 Policies and strategies to support and maintain urban soils quality
  • Section 8 Environmental impacts assessment, standardization and certification of urban soils
  • Section 9 Soil ecological monitoring in urban ecosystems
  • Section 10 Biogeochemical cycles in urban soils: climate change perspective
  • Section 11 Soil basis for urban farming
  • Section 12 Urban soil as cultural heritage
  • Section 13 Urbanization and sustainable development
  • Section 14 Modeling and projecting sustainable development of the megapolises: the New Moscow Project.