Soil sealing or soil surface sealing is the loss of soil resources due to the covering of land for housing, roads or other construction work.[1] Covering or replacing the topsoil with impervious materials like asphalt and cement as a result of urban development and infrastructure construction paired with compaction of the underlying soil layers results in the mostly irreversible loss of relevant soil ecosystem services.[2][3][4]The global rise in population has heightened the need for soil sealing, which in turn leads to the degradation of land.[5] Sealed land is a serious form of land take (use of land specifically for building settlements, roads, and businesses).[6][7]Soil sealing and land take together leads to the complete loss of soil functions, including its biological, physical and chemical properties.[8]
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Soilsealing or soil surface sealing is the loss of soil resources due to the covering of land for housing, roads or other construction work. Covering...
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sealing), together with water content, air turbulence and temperature, that determine the rate of diffusion of gases into and out of soil. Platy soil...
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include civil engineering, earth and road construction, dam engineering, soilsealing and in drainage systems. The fabric used in it must have good strength...
Mediterranean episodes ", with more dramatic consequences due to increasing soilsealing and demographic pressure in the regions concerned. Every year, several...
Scalenghe, R. (2018). "Multitemporal mapping of peri-urban carbon stocks and soilsealing from satellite data". Science of the Total Environment. 612: 590–604...
covered a wide range of domains such as land use, land cover change, soilsealing, water quality and availability, spatial planning, forest management...
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increase the flood risk. Impermeable surface areas are generated through soilsealing as this reduces drainage options of floodwaters.: 925 As the pace of...
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of urban sprawl, scattered development, urban dispersion, soilsealing, as well as air, soil, and water pollution. To properly accommodate growing population...
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concrete generally include thin asphalt overlays, crack sealing, surface rejuvenating, fog sealing, micro milling or diamond grinding and surface treatments...
containment of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment. Remediation may be required by regulations before...
of water in the underlying soil structure and traffic passing over the affected area. Water first weakens the underlying soil; traffic then fatigues and...
Preserving and enhancing the environmental benefits of "Land services": Soilsealing, biodiversity corridors, intensification / marginalisation of land use...
construction and filling the casing annulus with an appropriate sealing material. The sealing material (grout) should be placed from immediately above the...
thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning "juice"...
the disintegration of soil particles during rapid wetting and consequent surface sealing during each drying phase. On those soils where surging is effective...
planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested. Cover crops manage soil erosion, soil fertility, soil quality, water, weeds...
in the household can include turning off unnecessary lights at dusk and sealing vents and other openings. Black fly Enicocephalidae (gnat bugs) Cecidomyiidae...
These joints are usually made today with a proprietary mechanical joint, sealing onto the soft lead by some mechanical compression ring. An older technique...
to hundreds of meters both in diameter and depth, and vary in form from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms. Sinkholes may form gradually or suddenly...
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