Soils in Urban Ecosystem

About this book

This book is a compilation of the latest work in the field of urban soil management. It explores the global status of urban soils and puts forward methods for sustainable utilization of urban soils and green spaces. Urban soil study is a new frontier of soil science. Urban soil research is challenging due to the 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 of developing sustainable spaces. This is a comprehensive collection of information for the students, researchers, and landscape architects to understand and maximise the benefits of soils in urban ecosystems.

Contents

Chapter 1. Urban Soil- A Review on Historical Perspective
Chapter 2. Classification and functional characteristics of urban soil
Chapter 3. Characteristics and functions of Urban Soils
Chapter 4. The (urban) soil microbiome and the ecosystem services and functions
Chapter 5. Urban soil carbon: processes and patterns
Chapter 6. Nitrogen cycling processes in urban soils: stocks, fluxes and microbial transformations
Chapter 7. Urban Soils and Their Management: A multidisciplinary approach
Chapter 8. Soil quality: concepts, importance, indicators, and measurement
Chapter 9. Digital Soil Map: an applied tool to Determine Land-use alterations
Chapter 10.Soil conservation using mechanical and non-mechanical methods
Chapter 11. Proximal sensing of soil pollution by heavy metals using a portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer in Subarctic industrial barren: limitations and perspectives
Chapter 12. Urban Smart Sustainability in Tehran: LIPSOR Approach for Transformation
Chapter 13. A system of the soil mapping and assessment relating to environmentally sensitive areas in cities
Chapter 14. Heterotrophic and autotrophic components of soil respiration in Russian subtaiga and forest-steppe zones measured by substrate-induced respiration technique
Chapter 15. Unsaturated Properties of Singapore Urban Soils

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Biography

Amitava Rakshit, an IIT, Kharagpur alumnus is presently a faculty member in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Dr Subhadip Ghosh is presently a Senior Researcher (Urban Ecosystems) at the Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (Research), National Parks Board, Singapore. Dr Viacheslav Vasenev is an associate professor at the Department of Landscape Design and Sustainable Ecosystems at RUDN University (Russia). Dr H. Pathak is presently the Director of ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management (NIASM) Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra. He was a former director of ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack, Odisha and a former Professor of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. Dr Visnu D. Rajput is presently working as a Leading Researcher (Highly Qualified Specialist) at Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.