Widespread pollution from industrial activities has driven land degradation with detrimental
human health effects, especially in urban areas. Remediation and redevelopment of the …

Larney, FJ and Angers, DA 2012. The role of organic amendments in soil reclamation: A
review. Can. J. Soil Sci. 92: 19–38. A basic tenet of sustainable soil management is that …

Purpose The sustainable use and management of global soils is one of the greatest
challenges for the future. In the urban ecosystem, soils play an essential role with their …

Degraded land that is historically contaminated from different sources of industrial waste
provides an opportunity for conversion to bioenergy fuel production and also to increase …

In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) is a promising alternative to thermal desorption for the
remediation of soils contaminated with organic compounds such as polycyclic aromatic …

Authors aim to carry out a bibliographic review as an initial approach to state of the art
related to the quality of urban soils, as well as its possible link with human health. This …

Abstract Purpose Constructed soils are Technosols resulting from the deliberate
combination of various artefacts. Similarly to natural soils, technogenic parent materials are …

This work is a part of the OXYSOL project aiming at the conception of a global treatment
pathway including In Situ Chemical Oxidation to clean up soils of former metallurgical sites …

This paper presents a review of soil contamination resulting from e-waste recycling activities,
with a special focus on China, where many data have been collected for a decade. Soils in …

Urban soils need to be taken into account by city managers to tackle the major urban
environmental issues. As other soils in forest or agricultural environments, urban soils …