Impact of Soil Sealing on Soil Carbon Sequestration, Water Storage Potentials and Biomass Productivity in Functional Urban Areas of the European Union and the United Kingdom

The negative impacts of soil sealing are numerous, from withdrawing fertile soil from biomass production to modifying the microclimate and decreasing biodiversity. Many of the processes are interrelated and propagate further undesirable consequences from local to global levels. Three issues are espe...

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Main Authors: Gergely Tóth, Eva Ivits, Gundula Prokop, Mirko Gregor, Jaume Fons-Esteve, Roger Milego Agràs, Emanuele Mancosu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Land
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/6/840