Urban Soils /

"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 carbo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lal, Rattan (Author)
Other Authors:	Stewart, B. A.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Advances in soil science.
Subjects:	Urban soils. Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection. Science > Life Sciences > Botany. Nature > Ecology. Nature > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
Online Access:	Full text (WIT users only)

Table of Contents:

chapter 1 Urban Agriculture in the 21st Century
chapter 2 Urban Soil Mapping through the United States National Cooperative Soil Survey
chapter 3 Changes in Soil Organic Carbon Stocks by Urbanization
chapter 4 Drivers of Urban Soil Carbon Dynamics
chapter 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Ecosystem Service in Cities
chapter 6 Urban Soil Carbon Storage
chapter 7 Sealing Effects on Properties of Urban Soils
chapter 8 Contaminants in Urban Soils: Bioavailability and Transfer
chapter 9 Optimizing the Hydrologic Properties of Urban Soils
chapter 10 Making Soils from Urban Wastes
chapter 11 Properties of Soils Affected by Highways
chapter 12 An Applied Hydropedological Perspective on the Rendering of Ecosystem Services from Urban Soils
chapter 13 Biogeochemistry of Rooftop Farm Soils
chapter 14 Managing Urban Soils for Food Production
chapter 15 Vertical Farming Using Hydroponics and Aeroponics
chapter 16 Soils and Waste Management in Urban India
chapter 17 Enhancing Awareness about the Importance of Urban Soils
chapter 18 Feeding Megacities by Urban Agriculture.

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