Understanding Soils in Urban Environments (Hazelton Dr Pam (University of Technology Sydney Australia))(Pevná vazba)

Understanding Soils in Urban Environments is a concise book explaining how urban soils develop, change, and erode. Soils provide the foundation for buildings and infrastructure, and the medium for plant growth in fields, parks, and gardens. They can act as a sink for waste, and can be contaminated in urban areas by heavy metals, organic chemicals and other contaminants. Soil properties such as water retention, salinity and acidity can cause environmental and structural problems for buildings and other engineering works. This text recognizes and draws attention to the particular nature of soils in urban environments and discusses their distinctive management needs. Since the first edition was published in 2011, it has been used across a wide range of disciplines, many of which require an understanding of urban soil and specific soil properties that cause environmental concern.
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