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Urban biogeochemical provinces are formed by extensive urbanization, which is a process that leads to permanent increase of urban areas and population, transformation of rural population living style to the urban one, enhancement of cities’ role in social and economic development, as well as formation of urban animal and plant population with very specific features. This urbanization process includes also development of urban landscapes as a specific sphere of land use organization in the urban agglomeration areas (Kurbatova et al., 2004). An integral part of urban development is increasing environmental pollution and relevant ecological risks for human and ecosystem health due to disturbance of biogeochemical food webs (Bashkin, 2002).
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Bashkin, V.N. (2006). URBAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROVINCES. In: MODERN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY: SECOND EDITION. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4586-7_12
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