Editors:
Presents inclusive coverage of urban soil from theories to practices
Explains the role of urban soils in providing ecosystem services
Includes case studies on healthy practices for urban soils management across different parts of the world
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Urban Soils-Basics
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Front Matter
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Concepts and Technologies of Soil Quality and Functional Monitoring
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Front Matter
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Urban Soil Case Studies
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About this book
Keywords
- Urban expansion
- Anthropic soils
- Enzymology
- Ecosystem
- Spatial mapping
- Amendment
- Urban farming
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Amitava Rakshit
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Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board, Singapore, Singapore
Subhadip Ghosh
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Viacheslav Vasenev
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ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stres, Pune, India
H. Pathak
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Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Vishnu D. Rajput
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Soils in Urban Ecosystem
Editors: Amitava Rakshit, Subhadip Ghosh, Viacheslav Vasenev, H. Pathak, Vishnu D. Rajput
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8914-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-8913-0
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-8914-7
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 335
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Soil Science