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Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization

Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development

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  1. Viacheslav I. Vasenev

    1. RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

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  2. Elvira Dovletyarova

    1. RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

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  3. Zhongqi Chen

    1. City University of New York , New York, USA

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  4. Riccardo Valentini

    1. Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change, Viterbo, Italy

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  • Offers a highly interdisciplinary resource on urbanization and its environmental consequences with a focus on urban soils and ecosystems
  • Aimed at a broad and multidisciplinary audience from research, municipal services, agencies, professionals, and policy-makers
  • Includes numerous case studies from European cities
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)

Conference series link(s): ICLASCSD: International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development

Conference proceedings info: ICLASCSD 2016.

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Signal and Image Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. MEGACITIES 2050: From Urbanization Risks Towards Sustainable Urban Development

      • V. I. Vasenev, Z. Cheng, J. J. Stoorvogel, E. A. Dovletyarova, R. A. Hajiaghayeva, V. G. Plyushchikov
      Pages 3-5

    3. Urbanization of Biosphere: From Mega- to Ecopolises

      • Dmitry N. Kavtaradze
      Pages 6-12

    4. Measuring the Role of Urban Vegetation on Air Quality: The Case Study of the Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy

      • Raffaela Esposito, Gabriele Guidolotti, Emanuele Pallozzi, Corrado Leone, Michele Mattioni, Giovanni De Simoni et al.
      Pages 13-17

    5. Urban Soil Respiration and Its Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Components Compared to Adjacent Forest and Cropland Within the Moscow Megapolis

      • V. I. Vasenev, S. Castaldi, M. M. Vizirskaya, N. D. Ananyeva, A. S. Shchepeleva, I. M. Mazirov et al.
      Pages 18-35

    6. Modelling and Mapping Urban Soils

      • J. J. Stoorvogel, I. van Manen, V. I. Vasenev
      Pages 36-40

    7. Influence of Latitudinal Zonality on Some Chemical Properties of Urban Soils

      • Irina A. Martynenko, Alexandra V. Maksimovich, Joulia L. Meshalkina, Jetse J. Stoorvogel, Aleksey M. Yaroslavtsev
      Pages 41-50

    8. Heavy Metals in Urban Soils of the Yamal Region

      • Ivan Alekseev, E. V. Abakumov, George Shamilishvili
      Pages 51-56

    9. Ecogeochemical Assessment of Soil Cover of the Ufa City, Bashkortostan

      • R. Suleymanov, R. Urazgildin, K. Amineva, A. Suleymanov, E. V. Abakumov
      Pages 57-61

    10. Lead in New York City Soils

      • Ireyena Li, Zhongqi Cheng, Anna Paltseva, Tatiana Morin, Brianne Smith, Richard Shaw
      Pages 62-79

    11. Organic Matter and Elemental Composition of Humic Acids in Soils of Urban Areas: The Case of Rostov Agglomeration

      • Sergey N. Gorbov, Olga S. Bezuglova, Svetlana A. Tischenko, Andrey V. Gorovtsov
      Pages 80-98

    12. The Effects of Soil-Ecological Factors on the Pb Migration in the Soil of Urban Forest Ecosystem

      • Elvira Anvarbekovna Dovletyarova, Lyudmila Vladimirovna Mosina, Ramilla Adim kizi Hajiaghayeva, Nailya Vafaevna Aliyeva, Vadim Gennadyevich Plyuschikov
      Pages 99-105

    15. Environmental Monitoring of Sod-Podzolic Soils Under the Forest Stands over One Hundred Year Period: The Case Study at the Forest Experimental Station in Moscow, Russia

      • Lyudmila Vladimirovna Mosina, Elvira Anvarbekovna Dovletyarova, Anna Paltseva, Tatiana Morin, Polina Alexandrovna Petrovskaya
      Pages 125-136

    17. Chemodiagnostic by Lipid Analysis of the Microbial Community Structure in Trace Metal Polluted Urban Soil

      • V. A. Terekhova, N. V. Verkhovtseva, M. A. Pukalchik, I. R. Vodolazov, V. K. Shitikov
      Pages 150-160
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About this book

This interdisciplinary proceedings book addresses highly relevant topics in urbanization and its environmental impacts and presents case studies revealing the negative environmental consequences of the anthropogenic and technogenic pressures. Urbanization is an important trend in current land-use change, with up to 70% of the world population projected to live in cities by 2050. How will this rapid urbanization alter the face of Europe? What are the environmental consequences of the expansion of megacities? These and other important questions are addressed in the Megacities 2050 Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development.
 
Megapolises are complex ecosystems, and their air and water quality, vegetation and soils are exposed to anthropogenic influences. The book discusses advanced approaches and techniques to monitor, model and assess environmental consequences and risks in megapolises and offers solutions to the environmental problems of modern megapolises. It also presents successful, sustainable urban-development projects from Europe and beyond, including the management and design of green infrastructure, waste management, run-off purification and remediation of urban soils. 


Focusing on urban soils and ecosystems, the book is intended for experts in various fields of geography, urban studies and planning, and environmental sciences, including those in the scientific and research community, municipal services, environmental protection agencies, stakeholders working in urban management and greenery, landscape architects, civil engineers and policy-makers.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

    Viacheslav I. Vasenev, Elvira Dovletyarova

  • City University of New York , New York, USA

    Zhongqi Chen

  • Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change, Viterbo, Italy

    Riccardo Valentini

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