Urban soils
by Lal, R. Stewart, B. A., (Bobby Alton)
"Globally, 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950, 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North America, Latin America, and Europe. Urban encroachment depletes soil carbon and the aboveground biomass carbon pools, enhancing the flux of carbon from soil and vegetation into the atmosphere. Thus, urbanization has exacerbated ecological and environmental problems. Urban soils are composed of geological material that has been drastically disturbed…
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- Full title :Urban soils / edited by Rattan Lal and B.A. Stewart.
Summary
"Globally, 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950, 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North America, Latin America, and Europe. Urban encroachment depletes soil carbon and the aboveground biomass carbon pools, enhancing the flux of carbon from soil and vegetation into the atmosphere. Thus, urbanization has exacerbated ecological and environmental problems. Urban soils are composed of geological material that has been drastically disturbed by anthropogenic activities and compromised their role in the production of food, aesthetics of residential areas, and pollutant dynamics. Properties of urban soils are normally not favorable to plant growth—the soils are contaminated by heavy metals and are compacted and sealed. Therefore, the quality of urban soils must be restored to make use of this valuable resource for delivery of essential ecosystem services (e.g., food, water and air quality, carbon sequestration, temperature moderation, biodiversity). Part of the Advances in Soil Sciences Series, Urban Soils explains properties of urban soils; assesses the effects of urbanization on the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and water and the impacts of management of urban soils, soil restoration, urban agriculture, and food security; evaluates ecosystem services provisioned by urban soils, and describes synthetic and artificial soils"--Publisher's website.
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- Publication Date:2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton, FL
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 406 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 26 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781498770095, 1498770096
- oclc:ocn973481111
- LC Classification:S592.17.U73
- Dewey Decimal:577.5/6
Table of Contents
Urban Agriculture in the 21st Century / Rattan Lal -- Urban Soil Mapping through the United States National Cooperative Soil Survey / Luis Hernandez, Maxine Levin, Joe Calus, John Galbraith, Edwin Muñiz, Kristine Ryan, Randy Riddle, Richard K. Shaw, Robert Dobos, Steve Peaslee, Susan Southard, Debbie Surabian, and David Lindbo -- Changes in Soil Organic Carbon Stocks by Urbanization / V.I. Vasenev, J.J. Stoorvogel, A.V. Dolgikh, N.D. Ananyeva, K.V. Ivashchenko, and R. Valentini -- Drivers of Urban Soil Carbon Dynamics / Tara L.E. Trammell, Susan Day, Richard V. Pouyat, Carl Rosier, Bryant Scharenbroch, and Ian Yesilonis -- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Ecosystem Service in Cities / Weixing Zhu, Beth A. Egitto, Ian D. Yesilonis, and Richard V. Pouyat -- Urban Soil Carbon Storage / Bryant Scharenbroch, Susan Day, Tara Trammell, and Richard Pouyat -- Sealing Effects on Properties of Urban Soils / Przemysław Charzyński, Piotr Hulisz, Anna Piotrowska-Długosz, Dariusz Kaminski, and Andrzej Plak -- Contaminants in Urban Soils : Bioavailability and Transfer / Dorothy S. Menefee and Ganga M. Hettiarachchi -- Optimizing the Hydrologic Properties of Urban Soils / Mary G. Lusk and Gurp…
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