Rapid industrialization and urbanization during recent decades are having dramatic effects
on urban soil properties and lead to large discharges of pollutants, which inevitably affect …

Heavy metal pollution in urban soil is one of the global environmental problems, and
monitoring its spatial distribution can provide basic data for assessing and managing the …

Abstract The Historic Centre of Krakow is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and includes
the Main Market Square, which is surrounded by the historical Planty Park. Soils in the …

Soil contamination of heavy metals (HMs) caused by the long-term industrial activities has
become a major environmental issue due to its adverse effects on human health and …

Soils are usually the interface between human activity and environmental components that
must be conserved and protected. As a result of rising industrialization and urbanization …

In this study, we examined how urban and industrial sprawl has affected the concentrations
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals (HMs) in the soils of two …

Heavy metals are considered a major pollutant due to their resistance to biodegradation,
toxic effects on organisms, the fact that they can persist for long periods of time in soils and …

Progressive industrialisation and urbanisation in recent decades have dramatically affected
the soil cover and led to significant changes in its properties, which inevitably affect the …

This work describes the spatial distribution of metal concentrations, resulting environmental
quality, and potential ecological risks using ArcGIS. The data were based on collecting the …

Urban soils have been changed much by human impacts in terms of structure, composition
and use. This review paper gives a general introduction into changes from compaction …