A systematic review and characterization of the major and most studied urban soil threats in the European Union

Binner, Hannah (author), Wojda, Piotr (author), Yunta, Felipe (author), Bondi, Giulia (author), Zupanc, Vesna (author), Mamy, Laure (author), Demiraj, Erdona (author), Schillaci, Calogero (author)

There is an urgent need by the European Union to establish baseline levels for many widespread pollutants and to set out specific levels for these under the Zero pollution action plan. To date, few systematic reviews, superseded by bibliometric analyses, have explored this issue. Even less research has been carried out to compare the efficacy of these two data extraction approaches. This study aims to address these two issues by i) constructing an inventory of the available information on urban soils, highlighting evidence gaps and measuring compliance with the Zero pollution action plan, and by ii) comparing the methods and results of these two data extraction approaches. Through Scopus and Web of Science databases, peer-reviewed articles using the terms urban soil in combination with specific urban soil threats and/or challenges were included. Notably, both approaches retrieved a similar number of initial articles overall, while the bibliometric analysis removed fewer duplicates and excluded fewer articles overall, leaving the total number of articles included in each approach as: 603 articles in the systematic review and 2372 articles in the bibliometric analysis. Nevertheless, both approaches identified the two main urban soil threats and/or challenges to be linked to soil organic carbon and/or heavy metals. This study gives timely input into the Zero pollution action plan and makes recommendations to stakeholders within the urban context.

• Language: English
• Keywords: PTEs, soil organic carbon, soil compaction, excess nutrient, pesticides, hydrocarbons
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 16 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 235, art. 494
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-159384
• UDC: 502/504
• ISSN on article: 0049-6979
• DOI: 10.1007/s11270-024-07288-x
• COBISS.SI-ID: 201078019
• Publication date in RUL: 08.07.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Water, air and soil pollution
• Shortened title: Water air soil pollut.
• Publisher: Springer
• ISSN: 0049-6979
• COBISS.SI-ID: 26618112

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: organski ogljik v tleh, zbitost tal, presežek hranil, fitofarmacevtska sredstva, ogljikovodiki