Assessing soil ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas: From urban soils survey to providing support tool for urban planning

C. Calzolari, P. Tarocco, N. Lombardo, N. Marchi and F. Ungaro

Land Use Policy, 2020, vol. 99, issue C

Abstract: The current practice of urban planning does not pay proper attention to the quality of urban soils, to their multiple functions and to the supply of ecosystem services to the urban population. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to raising awareness about the role of soil in the built-up environment, to provide tools to assess and map urban soils ecosystem services and to highlight the possibility of integrating soil knowledge into urban planning.

Keywords: Urban soils; Ecosystem services; Soil sealing; Urban planning; Soil quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105037

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