Soils in Urban Ecosystem

Singapur

2022

335

Monographie

978-981-16-8913-0

40002992

This book is a compilation of latest work in the field of urban soil management. It explores the global status of urban soils and puts forwards methods for sustainable utilization of urban soils and green spaces. Urban soil study is a new frontier of soil science. Urban soils research is challenging due to complexity of classification, spatial-temporal variability, exposure to pollution and the predominant effect of the anthropogenic factor on soil formation. Management of urban soils and green spaces is an important aspect for developing sustainable spaces. This is a comprehensive collection of information for the students, researchers, landscape architects understanding and maximizing the benefits of soils in urban ecosystems.
Urban Soil: A Review on Historical Perspective; Classification and Functional Characteristics of Urban Soil; Characteristics and Functions of Urban Soils; Urban Soil Microbiome Functions and Their Linkages with Ecosystem Services; Urban Soil Carbon: Processes and Patterns; Nitrogen Cycling Processes in Urban Soils: Stocks, Fluxes, and Microbial Transformations; Urban Soils and Their Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach; Concepts and Technologies of Soil Quality and Functional Monitoring; Soil Quality: Concepts, Importance, Indicators, and Measurement; Digital Soil Map: An Applied Tool to Determine Land-Use Alterations; Soil Conservation Using Mechanical and Non-mechanical Methods; Proximal Sensing of Soil Pollution by Heavy Metals Using a Portable X-ray Fluorescence Analyzer in Subarctic Industrial Barren: Limitations and Perspectives; Urban Soil Case Studies; Urban Smart Sustainability in Tehran: LIPSOR Approach for Transformation; Soil Mapping System and Assessment of Ecologically Sensitive Areas in Cities; Heterotrophic and Autotrophic Components of Soil Respiration in Russian Subtaiga and Forest-steppe Zones Measured by Substrate-induced Respiration Technique; Unsaturated Properties of Singapore Urban Soils
Keywords: Urban expansion Anthropic soils Enzymology Ecosystem Spatial mapping Amendment Urban farming