An Applied Hydropedological Perspective on the Rendering of Ecosystem Services from Urban Soils

Home gardening and urban agriculture for advancing food and nutritional security in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

“…2). Site-specific examples of these ESs include: 1) soil formation and primary production for supporting services, 2) food, fiber, fresh water and infra-structure foundation of provisioning services, 3) micro-climate modification, flood control, water purification, soil bioremediation and decontamination for regulating services, and 4) aesthetical, spiritual, recreational, and social for cultural services (Shuster and Dadio 2018). In accord with the strengthening of ESs, HGUA has also positive impacts on the SDGs of the U.N. Urban waste, a major environmental hazard and source of pollution, can become an asset by developing a cyclic economy.…”

Urban Soil Quality Assessment—A Comprehensive Case Study Dataset of Urban Garden Soils

“…Soil is the foundation of ecosystem functioning in urban green spaces and provides key ecosystem services for a livable city (Zhu et al, 2018). Urban soils are a mixture of natural soil-forming factors and anthropogenic activities (Shuster and Dadio, 2018). Therefore, they require an adapted set of indicators for a soil quality assessment.…”