Are urban soils similar to natural soils of river valleys?

Amossé, Joël; Bayon, Renée‐Claire Le; Gobat, Jean‐Michel

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“…The urban soil material was collected from a Terric Anthrosol (Siltic) (IUSS Working Group, 2007)/ANTHROPOSOL RECONSTITUÉ carbonaté, nivelé, polyphasé à matériau terreux et à arte-facts (Baize and Girard, 2009) in a stone quarry restored in 1995 (Switzerland, canton of Neuchâtel, 47°0′20″ N, 6°54′46″E). The alluvial and urban soil profiles were both constituted on a sequence of three soil horizons, respectively Aca/ JpcaMca/IIDcaMca and LtpAzca/IILtpAzcaSzca/IIIDca (Baize and Girard, 2009) as described by Amossé et al (2014).…”

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“…Comparison of urban soils with natural ones is useful in order to assess if soil fauna has similar effects on soil processes in the urban context as in natural setting. Alluvial soils seem to be a good reference for urban soils in that they are both young soil systems which are constituted of mate-rials that have been manipulated, disturbed or transported at different spatial and temporal scales (Amossé et al, 2014). In this context, the aim of this study was to compare the effects of two endogeic earthworm species, Allolobophora chlorotica (pink morph, Savigny, 1826) and Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1825), on the SOM dynamics and the soil structure in urban and alluvial soil materials.…”

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“…This study introduced the contents of heavy metals, organic carbon, pH, contents of nutritive elements (N, P, K), and tree biomass production [60] in cluster diagrams. Another study used this method to detect the similarities between urban soil and natural soil from a river valley based on physical properties (coarse, clay, silt, and sand contents) and chemical properties (pH, organic carbon, total nitrogen and phosphorus, CEC, content of carbonates, and C/N ratio) [61]. To assess the pollution of heavy metals in a very industrialized and urbanized area in China, the authors used cluster analyses and observed five big clusters, taking into account the contents of 11 heavy metals [26].…”

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Assessment of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties among Urban and Peri-Urban Forests: A Case Study from Metropolitan Area of Brasov

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Dincă

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Cities are affected by the impact of rapid urbanization on changes to soil properties. The aim of this study was to assess the physical and chemical properties of the soil of urban and peri-urban forests and to define which soil property is more significant for these two types of forests. The research took place in urban and peri-urban forests in the metropolitan area of Brasov, Romania. Among the properties determined were: particle size distribution, reaction, soil organic matter content, and the base saturation degree. As supplementary data, for plots from urban forests, the heavy metal content was determined. The results revealed that soils from urban forests had an alkaline reaction and the ones from peri-urban forests had a moderately acid reaction. The soil from the peri-urban plots was sandier and the other ones were more clayey. Testing the differences between the forests led to significant differences in the case of seven properties of which we mentioned pH and sand and clay content. Using PCA, the most significant and important soil properties for urban forests were the sum of basic exchangeable cations, cation exchange capacity, soil organic matter, and silt and clay contents. This study is more relevant in light of the EU Soil Strategy, which sets out a framework and concrete measures to protect and restore soils.

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“…In Figure 1, this data re‐aggregation step (i.e., the soil classification from the 3–4D property model), as indicated by the blue double‐headed arrow, may be carried out at shorter and longer time intervals to account for effects of the mass changes due to faster and slower geo‐bio‐hydro‐mechanic processes involved. Usually, significant changes in the horizon thickness and features are expected to be slow except for soil erosion and anthropogenic processes (e.g., Amossé et al., 2015). In this way, the sensitivity of the classification with respect to characteristic soil properties and the temporal stability of soil map information could be analyzed.…”

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3–4D soil model as challenge for future soil research: Quantitative soil modeling based on the solid phase

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Vogel

Weber

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J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.

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A 3-4D soil model represents a logical step forward from one-dimensional soil columns (1D), two-dimensional soil maps (2D), and three-dimensional soil volumes (3D) toward dynamic soil models (4D), with time as the fourth dimension. The challenge is to develop modeling tools that account for the states of soil properties, including the spatial structure of solids and pores, as well as their dynamics, including soil mass and solute transfers in landscapes. Our envisioned 3-4D soil model approach aims at improving the capability to predict fundamental soil functions (e.g., plant growth, storage, matter fluxes) that provide ecosystem services in the socioeconomic context.This study provides a structured overview on current soil models, challenges, open questions, and urgent research needs for developing a 3-4D soil model. A 3-4D soil model should provide an inventory of spatially distributed and temporally variable soil properties. As basis for this, we propose a mass balance model for the solid phase, which needs to be supplemented by a model describing its structure. This should eventually provide adequate 3D parameter sets for the numerical modeling of soil functions (e.g., flow and transport). The target resolution is decameters in the horizontal plane and centimeters to decimeters in the vertical direction to represent characteristic soil properties and soil horizons. The actual state of soils and their properties can be estimated from spatial data that represent the soil forming factors, with the use of machine learning tools. Improved modeling of the dynamics of soil bulk density, biological processes, and the pore structure are required to relate the solid mass balance to matter fluxes.A 3-4D soil model can be built from several types of modeling approaches. We distinguish between (1) process models that simulate mass balances, fluxes and soil structure dynamics, (2) statistical pedometric models using machine learning and geostatistics to estimate the soil inventory within landscapes, and (3) pedotransfer functions to link observable attributes to specific model parameters required to simulate soil functions including water and matter fluxes. This should provide the prerequisites to predict the spatial distribution of soil functions and their changes in response to external forcing. This endeavor can draw upon many already established models and techniques, yet combining them into a newly created 3-4D soil model is a truly an ambitious, but promisingThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Are urban soils similar to natural soils of river valleys?

Abstract: Purpose Urban soils and soils of river valleys are constituted of heterogeneous materials that have been manipulated, disturbed or transported at different spatial and temporal scales.

Cited by 20 publications

References 32 publications

Effects of endogeic earthworms on the soil organic matter dynamics and the soil structure in urban and alluvial soil materials

Effects of endogeic earthworms on the soil organic matter dynamics and the soil structure in urban and alluvial soil materials

Assessment of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties among Urban and Peri-Urban Forests: A Case Study from Metropolitan Area of Brasov

3–4D soil model as challenge for future soil research: Quantitative soil modeling based on the solid phase

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