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Vertical greening systems (VGS), as proven strategy for adaptation to heat stress, are prohibited for monument-protected buildings and façades. To what extent monument protection effectively limits the impleme...
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Open AccessQuantifying potential contributions of green facades to environmental justice: a case study of a quarter in Berlin
The potential of green facades (GFs) to enhance environmental justice (EJ) has not been quantified so far. EJ in Berlin, Germany is assessed by the core indicators (1) noise pollution, (2) air pollution, (3) b...
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Correction to: Water dynamics at the urban soil-atmosphere interface—rainwater storage in paved surfaces and its dependence on rain event characteristics
A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02796-9.
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Open AccessWater dynamics at the urban soil-atmosphere interface—rainwater storage in paved surfaces and its dependence on rain event characteristics
The surface store governs the rainwater partition, e.g., water storage and evaporation on paved surfaces, especially for low-intensity and low-sum rain events, which account for the greatest part of the total ...
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Open AccessInvestigation of water retention functions of artificial soil-like substrates for a range of mixing ratios of two components
Urban greening is politically fostered as an adaptation strategy to climate change. Therefore, the demand for fertile planting substrates increases. Such substrates are usually mixed from mined geogenic resour...
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Open AccessDo earthworms (D. veneta) influence plant-available water in technogenic soil-like substrate from bricks and compost?
Topsoil and peat are often taken from intact rural ecosystems to supply the urban demand for fertile soils and soil-like substrates. One way of reducing this exploitation is to recycle suitable urban wastes to...
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Preface
Journal of Soils and Sediments publishes the main outcomes of SUITMA 9 Conference in its Special Issue. SUITMA (Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas) working group organizes conferenc...
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Aggregation and availability of phosphorus in a Technosol constructed from urban wastes
To preserve natural soil resources and in order to create fertile constructed Technosols for plant cultivation, wastes and by-product mixtures were studied in relation to their pedogenic properties and especia...
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Letter to the editors: Phyto-P-mining—secondary urban green recycles phosphorus from soils constructed of urban wastes
Cities are hotspots of consumption of matter, energy, and water and hotspots of production of wastes, which are also secondary resources. Nutrients such as phosphorus are hardly extracted and recycled from the...
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Heavy metals and benzo[a]pyrene in soils from construction and demolition rubble
Rubble is an important component of urban soils worldwide, especially in Europe. In Berlin, Germany, rubble-composed soils cover about 17 % of the total city area and 60 % of the inner city. This study assesse...
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Pools of sulfur in urban rubble soils
Elevated concentrations of sulfate in groundwater are increasingly becoming a problem in several European cities. Building rubble from the World War II is assumed to be a major source of sulfate. This study ch...
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Contribution of bricks to urban soil properties
Bricks are regularly found in urban soils where they can strongly impact soil properties. The purpose of this study is to investigate abundance, especially in the fine earth fraction, and properties of bricks ...
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Between the soggy ceiling of the ground water aquifer and the uppermost interface of earth and air is the unsaturated space of soil particles and pores invisible to most surface dwellers – the vadose zone. In ...
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Long term effects of manure, charcoal and mineral fertilization on crop production and fertility on a highly weathered Central Amazonian upland soil
Application of organic fertilizers and charcoal increase nutrient stocks in the rooting zone of crops, reduce nutrient leaching and thus improve crop production on acid and highly weathered tropical soils. In ...
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Nutrient availability and leaching in an archaeological Anthrosol and a Ferralsol of the Central Amazon basin: fertilizer, manure and charcoal amendments
Soil fertility and leaching losses of nutrients were compared between a Fimic Anthrosol and a Xanthic Ferralsol from Central Amazônia. The Anthrosol was a relict soil from pre-Columbian settlements with high o...
