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Incorporating soil ecosystem services into urban planning: status, challenges and opportunities

Ricardo Teixeira da Silva, Luuk Fleskens, Hedwig van Delden, Martine van der Ploeg

Landscape Ecology · 2018

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Summary

Traditionally soils have not received much attention in urban planning. For this, tools are needed that can both be understood both by soil scientists and urban planners. The purpose of this paper is to enhance the role of soil knowledge in urban planning practice, through the following objectives: (1) identifying the role soil plays in recent urban plans; (2) analysing the ecosystem services and indicators used in soil science in an urban context; and (3) inferring the main challenges and opportunities to integrate soil into urban planning. Seven urban plans and reports of world cities that include sustainability goals were analysed using text-mining and qualitative analysis, with a critical view on the inclusion of soil-related concepts. Secondly, the contribution of soil science to urba

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1007/s10980-018-0652-x
Catalogue ID
BFmoakvrxk-uk37ua
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