The anthropogenic sealing of soils in urban areas

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Scalenghe, Riccardo ^a   Ajmone Marsan, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Gas transfer; Impact; Urban soils; Urban sprawl; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEALTH RISKS;

EUROPE; GAS TRANSFER; IMPACT; URBAN SOILS; URBAN SPRAWL; WATER CYCLE;

SOILS;

INFRASTRUCTURE; SEALING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 59549086409     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.011     Document Type: Review

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