Urban soil properties as affected by land use units and socio-economic levels: The case of the City of Tel-Aviv, Israel

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-45

  Zhevelev, Helena M ^a   Bar, Pua ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Organic matter; Penetration depth; PH; Soil moisture; Spatial heterogeneity; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; URBAN SYSTEM; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

EID: 84873688287     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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