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Urban soil sealing in Europe
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European Environment Agency
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Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Sustainable / green remediation
Soil-->Soil Overview
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Published: 19 Jan 2011
Soil is the earth's living skin and provides us with essential services for life in our planet: production of food; infiltration and cleansing of water and protection against flooding; habitat for plants; areas for recreation and mental health; micro climate regulation, etc. It is such a crucial resource that it can't be ignored. However, particularly in urban areas, soil is being sealed off with increasing housing and infrastructure.
Soil sealing is the covering of the soil surface with materials like concrete and stone, as a result of new buildings, roads, parking places but also other public and private space. Depending on its degree, soil sealing reduces or most likely completely prevents natural soil functions and ecosystem services on the area concerned.
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 24/01/2011
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