Soil and water bioengineering: Practice and research needs for reconciling natural hazard control and ecological restoration

Rey, Freddy; Bifulco, Carlo; Bischetti, Gian Battista; Bourrier, Franck; Cesare, Giovanni De; Florineth, Florin; Graf, Frank; Marden, Michael; Mickovski, Slobodan B.; Phillips, Chris; Peklo, K.; Poesen, Jean; Polster, Dave; Preti, Federico; Rauch, Hans Peter; Raymond, Pierre; Sangalli, Paola; Tardío, Guillermo; Stokes, Alexia

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.217

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“…and Fini (2011), Grote et al (2016), Livesley et al (2016), Maher et al (2013), Mori et al (2016), Pasha et al (2018), Potgieter (2019), Rahman et al (2017), Rey et al (2019), Shanahan et al (2015), Shackleton et al (2015), Tanaka and Onai (2017), Xiao et al (2017), and Weissert et al (2017). c Cavender and Donnelly (2019), Carrus et al (2015), Clément (2004), Fischer and Lindenmayer (2002), Hofmann et al (2018), Luck et al (2011), and Lumsden and Bennett (2005).…”

Section: Benefits Of Trees: Strengthsmentioning

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“…In general, from the environmental point of view, plant benefits include climatic regulation; uptake/reduction of CO 2 and other greenhouse gases and pollutants; shading, which reduces urban heat island effects and is a general cooling factor, also intercepting incoming precipitations and avoiding dangerous water run-off while enriching water-table capacity (Alexandri and Jones, 2008;Edmondson et al, 2012;Maher et al, 2013;Livesley et al, 2016;Mori et al, 2016;Berland et al, 2017;Dobbs et al, 2017;Rahman et al, 2017;Weissert et al, 2017;Andoni and Wonorahardjo, 2018). Plants in densely urbanized areas also contribute to environmental protection from several hazards like strong winds, soil and slope erosion, torrential floods, landslides (Tanaka and Onai, 2017;Xiao et al, 2017;Pasha et al, 2018;Rey et al, 2019), and reduce traffic noise (Carrus et al, 2015;Shackleton et al, 2015). According to several results reviewed by Donovan (2017), benefits provided by plants (note: the author specifically refers to trees) change relative to their location within the urbanized area.…”

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A Survey of Multiple Interactions Between Plants and the Urban Environment

Fineschi¹,

Loreto²

2020

Front. For. Glob. Change

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It is well-acknowledged that plants in urban areas provide multiple ecosystem services. They contribute improving ambient quality and mitigating negative impacts of human presence, beautifying the anthropic environment, and promoting place identity and cultural heritage. However, the existence of plants in general, and trees in particular, cannot be considered independent on urban activities and infrastructures. Release of plant volatile compounds is profoundly affected in urban environments, in turn modifying plant relationships with other living organisms, both plants and animals, and affecting air chemistry and quality. Plants also interfere with stone artifacts, cultural and historical heritage. Plant-human coexistence requires precise and adequate managing measures, which have often been ignored in cities' government and planning. Plants and humans (and human infrastructures) are frequently considered as independent from each other and plant requirements are often disregarded, thus causing difficult or erroneous management and/or environmental damage. We review some of the most important ecosystem services provided by plants in urban environment, and also focus on possible negative effects of plants that may become relevant if urban vegetation is improperly managed and unintegrated in proper city planning, both of historical centers and of new towns or suburbs. Keywords: ecosystem services, global change, green area typologies in cities, green urban planning and management, positive (negative) plant-human interactions, urban trees

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Section: Benefits Of Trees: Strengthsmentioning

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Section: Plants In Urban Environment: Multiple Ecological Functions Amentioning

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A Survey of Multiple Interactions Between Plants and the Urban Environment

Fineschi¹,

Loreto²

2020

Front. For. Glob. Change

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“…Vegetation contributes to slope stabilization through two different types of mechanisms: mechanical and hydrological mechanisms. From the mechanical point of view, plants can contrast soil instabilities by increasing soil shear strength through friction between root and soil particles as well as soil cohesiveness [8][9][10] (Rey et al, 2019;Stokes et al, 2007). Hydrologically, vegetation stimulates soil suction with evaporation, thus reducing soil moisture, which in turn delays the soil saturation time, limits the water leakage in the soil, and retains the soil dry [11].…”

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Root Tensile Resistance of Selected Pennisetum Species and Shear Strength of Root-Permeated Soil

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Rahman

Idris

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Applied and Environmental Soil Science

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It is widely recognized that vegetation plays a significant role in contrasting slope instability through the root reinforcement. The main objectives of this paper are to evaluate the root tensile of selected Pennisetum species, namely, P. pedicellatum (PPd) and P. polystachion (PPl), and to determine the soil shear strength of root-permeated soil from these species. The selected species were initially planted in the polybags using the hydroseeding technique. A mineral fertilizer of NPK ratio 10 : 8 : 10 was adopted in the hydroseeding mixture. Routine watering program was applied twice a day throughout growth observation for six months. Four replications were prepared for each species including a set of control polybags, which contained only soil for reference and comparison. The results of root tensile tests revealed the significant relationships between root diameter and tensile force. In comparison, the PPl was still indicated by higher values of root tensile force than PPd. The presence of roots clearly has contributed to the shear stress of root-permeated soils. The root density based on root biomass measurement attributed to the higher value of peak shear stress as achieved by PPl than PPd. The combined effects of root tensile and the soil shear strengths of this selected species can be used as biological materials in slope protection against erosion.

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“…So, suitable integration strategy of crop species with different ecological requirement is necessary. 6 Introduction of crop species in a new area with innovative technology of farming is necessary in bioengineering. 6 Cropping system in Nepal varies from an area to area.…”

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“…6 Introduction of crop species in a new area with innovative technology of farming is necessary in bioengineering. 6 Cropping system in Nepal varies from an area to area. Potato/pea to maize crop rotation in maize based cropping system is common in the eastern midhill of Nepal.…”

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APAR

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A research trial was conducted in the ARS, Pakhribas to study the effect of legume nodulation on yield and productivity of maize in the year 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. Maize was grown without tilling in pea harvested plots and with tilling in potato harvested plots. There were eight different treatments and maize was grown without fertilizer application in sequence with potato and pea. The highest yield of potato was observed in a treatment with application of 13.5t per ha FYM + 50:50:25 Kg N:P:K per ha. In contrast the highest yield of pea was recorded with application of 9 t FYM per ha. Moreover in maize the cob weight and biomass was the highest in the year 2014/2015 with application of 13.5t per ha FYM + 50:50:25 Kg N:P:K per ha in potato grown plot. Similarly in maize the highest biomass was observed with the application of 9 t FYM per ha pea grown plots.

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Soil and water bioengineering: Practice and research needs for reconciling natural hazard control and ecological restoration

Cited by 117 publications

References 74 publications

A Survey of Multiple Interactions Between Plants and the Urban Environment

A Survey of Multiple Interactions Between Plants and the Urban Environment

Root Tensile Resistance of Selected Pennisetum Species and Shear Strength of Root-Permeated Soil

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