Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Modelling and Mapping Urban Soils

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization (ICLASCSD 2016)

Part of the book series: Springer Geography ((SPRINGERGEOGR))

  • 908 Accesses

Abstract

Urbanization is an important trend in global land cover change and seriously impacts the soil resources. However, there is no clear definition for urban areas. As a result estimates of urbanization and its effects on soil resources vary widely. Urbanization can be modelled in different ways with a specific focus on environmental conditions, temporal dynamics and spatial patterns. The processes underlying urbanization require a hybrid approach that combines the different methods. Similarly, the unique conditions of the urban environment require specific surveying techniques for the soil resources. The global debate on urbanization and its environmental impacts calls for a rapid standardization of definitions and methodologies to come with proper information on rates and impacts.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 109.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Bontemps, S., Defourny, P., van Bogaert, E.: GLOBCOVER 2009, Products description and validation report. ESA and Université Catholique de Louvain, 53 p. (2010). doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.787668

  2. CIESIN: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count (2016). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v4-population-count. Accessed 22 Sep 2016

  3. CIESIN, Columbia University, IFPRI, The World Bank, CIAT: Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1: Urban Extents Grids. SEDAC, Columbia University (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Elvidge, C.D., Tuttle, B.T., Sutton, P.C., Baugh, K.E., Howard, A.T., Milesi, C., Nemani, R.: Global distribution and density of constructed impervious surfaces. Sensors 7(9), 1962–1979 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Fuglsang, M., Münier, B., Hansen, H.S.: Modelling land-use effects of future urbanization using cellular automata: an Eastern Danish case. Environ. Model Softw. 50, 1–11 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. IUSS Working Group WRB: World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, update 2015. International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps. World Soil Resources Reports No. 106. FAO, Rome (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  7. McBratney, A.B., Mendonca Santos, M.L., Minasny, B.: On digital soil mapping. Geoderma 117, 3–52 (2003). doi:10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00223-4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. McIntyre, N.E., Knowles-Yánez, K., Hope, D: Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field: differences in the use of urban between the social and natural sciences. Urban Ecosyst. 4(1), 5–24 (2000)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Muller, M., Middleton, J.: A Markov model of land-use change dynamics in the Niagara region, Ontario. Can. Landscape Ecol. 9, 151–157 (1994)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Short Gianotti, A.G., Getson, J.M., Hutyra, L.R., Kittredge, D.B.: Defining urban, suburban, and rural: a method to link perceptual definitions with geospatial measures of urbanization in central and eastern Massachusetts. Urban Ecosyst. 19, 823–833 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Soil Survey Division Staff: Soil survey manual. Soil Conservation Service.U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18. Washington DC. 315 p. (1993)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Soil Survey Staff: Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 12th ed. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC. 372 p. (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Stoorvogel, J.J., Bakkenes, M., Temme, A.J.A.M., Batjes, N.H., ten Brink, B.J.E.: S-world: a global soil map for environmental modelling. Land Degrad. Dev. 28, 22–33 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Vasenev, V.I., Stoorvogel, J.J., Vasenev, I.I., Valentini, R.: How to map soil organic stocks in highly urbanized region? Geoderma 226–227, 103–115 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Verburg, P.H., Overmars, K.P.: Combining top-down and bottom-up dynamics in land use modeling: exploring the future of abandoned farmlands in Europe with the Dyna-CLUE model. Landscape Ecol. 24, 1167 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The publication was prepared with the support of the “RUDN University program 5-100”. The project was partly supported by RFBR projects Nos 15-34-70003, 15-54-53117 and 16-34-00398 and Russian Science Foundation project No 14-27-00133.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. J. Stoorvogel, I. van Manen & V. I. Vasenev

  2. Agrarian-Technological Institute, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Miklukho-Maklaya Str., 6, 117198, Moscow, Russia

    V. I. Vasenev

Authors
  1. J. J. Stoorvogel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. I. van Manen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. I. Vasenev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to J. J. Stoorvogel .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

    Viacheslav I. Vasenev

  2. RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

    Elvira Dovletyarova

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

    Zhongqi Chen

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

    Riccardo Valentini

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Stoorvogel, J.J., van Manen, I., Vasenev, V.I. (2018). Modelling and Mapping Urban Soils. In: I. Vasenev, V., Dovletyarova, E., Chen, Z., Valentini, R. (eds) Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization. ICLASCSD 2016. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70557-6_5

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation