Urban Soils

Principles and Practice

AvAndrew W. Rate

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Progress in Soil Science

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Beskrivning

Soils in urban areas have multiple functions which are becoming more valued by urban communities: soils supply water, nutrients and physical support for urban plant and animal communities (parks, reserves, gardens), and are becoming increasingly valued for growing food.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-08
Mått:155 x 235 x 31 mm
Vikt:852 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Progress in Soil Science
Antal sidor:446
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030873158

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Dr Andrew Rate has worked at The University of Western Australia since 1995 after postgraduate training in chemistry and soil chemistry in New Zealand. He has published research relating to geochemistry in multiple areas, including estuaries, mineral exploration, mine rehabilitation, analytical chemistry, hydrology, mineralogy, agriculture, and urban contamination. Dr Rate’s main areas of teaching and research are currently in Environmental Geochemistry. His present areas of research activity and publication are centered around understanding the behaviour of trace and rare-earth elements in Earth-surface environments, soils and sediments in urban environments, and acid sulfate soils.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Urban Ecosystems: Soils and the Rise and Fall of Cities.- 2. Formation and Properties of Urban Soils.- 3. Spatial Variability and Data Analysis in Urban Soils.- 4. Urban Soil Functions.- 5. Urban Soil Physics.- 6. Inorganic Contaminants in Urban Soils.- 7. Organic Contaminants in Urban Soils.- 8. Soil Biological Processes in Urban Soils.- 9. Urban Soil as a Source and Sink.- 10. Urban Soil and Human Health.- 11. Urban Soil Remediation.- 12. The Future of Urban Soils.