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Urban Soil and Water Degradation
- 1st Edition, Volume 8 - November 17, 2022
- Editors: Paulo Pereira, Carla Sofia Ferreira
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 1 8 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 2 1 5 - 9
Urban Soil and Water Degration, Volume Seven explores a wide breadth of emerging and state-of-the-art technologies, including comprehensive coverage of topics such as Urban spr… Read more
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Request a sales quoteUrban Soil and Water Degration, Volume Seven explores a wide breadth of emerging and state-of-the-art technologies, including comprehensive coverage of topics such as Urban sprawl, Soil degradation, Hydrological challenges in urban areas, Soil and water quality – pollutant sources and pathways, Ecosystem services in urban areas, Freshwater-related nature-based solutions in cities, Property Rights and Climate Change - land use under changing environmental conditions, Municipal planning to prevent soil and water degradation: The case of Vilnius, In between water and fires: soil degradation in a new Mediterranean peri-urban landscape, and more.
Additional chapters in this release include Groundwater in Venetian area, Soil protection and hydrogeological risk assessment. A strategic planning experience in Franciacorta, Data driven approach for assessing surface runoff in separated sewage systems: Israeli Case Study, Ecological status of urban streams and riparian habitats in the Czech Republic, Soil and water degradation in urban areas from western Romania, Mapping water ecosystem services: supply and demand in Stockholm, Land degradation and water availability in Ethiopia, and The study of land use and land cover changes in the Bekéscsaba area, Hungary.
- Covers a wide breadth of emerging and state-of-the-art technologies
- Includes contributions from an international board of authors
- Provides a comprehensive set of reviews
Students and professionals from both soil science and land management fields, professionals in Geography, Ecology, Environmental Science, Spatial planning, Agriculture, Agronomy, Biology and Engineering
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Series editor's preface
- Volume editor's preface
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter One: Climate change and property rights: Challenges for land policy
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The nature of property rights
- 3: The damage of property rights
- 4: Challenges and responses of land policy
- 5: Discussion and concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter Two: Urban sprawl: Theory and practice
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The morphological traits of sprawl
- 3: Environmental implications of sprawl
- 4: A brief outlook on urban trends in Europe
- 5: Quantifying the environmental impact of urban sprawl
- 6: Concluding remarks
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Three: Hydrological challenges in urban areas
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Hydrological processes in urban areas
- 3: Flood management approaches
- 4: Challenges raised by global changes
- 5: Final considerations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Four: Land and flood protection: A strategic planning experience in Franciacorta (Lombardy, Italy)
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Study area
- 3: Toward the definition of a Strategic Plan for Franciacorta area
- 4: Land-use analysis and hydrogeological risk assessment in Franciacorta
- 5: The Strategic Plan of Franciacorta (Piano territoriale regionale d'Area della Franciacorta)
- 6: Supporting governance and raising awareness
- 7: Results of the experience
- 8: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Five: Soil quality and urban sprawl: Insights from long-term patterns in the Rome metropolitan region
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter Six: Mapping and assessment of flood regulation supply and demand in Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results and discussion
- 4: Implications for management
- 5: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Seven: Mapping of ecosystem services: Supply and demand for local climate regulation and nutrient regulation services
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Ecosystem services in urban environments
- 3: Case study areas
- 4: Mapping ecosystem services in the study areas
- 5: Implications for management
- 6: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Eight: Groundwater in the Venetian area
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Hydrogeological setting
- 3: Human-geoenvironmental interconnections in history
- 4: Groundwater-related issues
- 5: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- No. of pages: 204
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 8
- Published: November 17, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128201800
- eBook ISBN: 9780128202159
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Paulo Pereira
Paulo Pereira is a full professor at the Environmental Management Center, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania. He holds a PhD in Physical Geography from the University of Barcelona and has previous experience working on spatial modelling of environmental variables and applying these results to sustainable landscape planning. Prof. Pereira was awarded the outstanding young scientist award from the Soil System Sciences Division (European Geoscience Union) and is one of the most influential scientists in the world in the field of environmental sciences, according to Elsevier/Stanford University. Prof. Pereira is an editor and guest editor of various journals in the field of environment and soil science.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Environmental Management Center, Mykolas Romeris University, LithuaniaCF
Carla Sofia Ferreira
Carla Sofia Ferreira is at Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal
Affiliations and expertise
Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, PortugalRead Urban Soil and Water Degradation on ScienceDirect