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Spatiotemporal Development and Environmental Risk Assessment under Urbanization

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 3995

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Prof. Dr. Guoliang Xu

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School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Interests: local environmental changes and soil ecology; urban ecological health; ecological risk assessment by soil fauna indicators; rural non-point source pollution & monitoring; soil amelioration and ecological remediation; soil biodiversity
Prof. Dr. Xin Sun

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Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
Interests: soil biodiversity; urban soil fauna diversity; soil fauna functional diversity; ecological and evolutional processes of soil fauna community assembly
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Dr. Xiankun Yang

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School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Interests: earth surface fluvial processes analysis; hydrological modelling using remote sensing and GIS techniques; river hydromorphology; soil erosion and river sediment transport; river response to climate change and anthropogenic activities
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Urbanization has induced so many changes in our modern world, pertaining to local environments, ecological health, and social development. It is characteristic by the significant changes in the various spatial and temporal patterns of landscape, urban form, and urban networks. Another notable feature of urbanization is the high concentration of population, which now covers more than 2/3 of the global population. Changes in urban spatial-temporal patterns have resulted in different responses of environmental factors, elements geochemical cycles, and hydrothermal processes, with great effects on human health. Environmental changes and its ecological risks driven by drastic urban spatio-temporal evolution have still not been systematically discovered, and specific approaches are still needed to explore process and results, as well as the effects on ecosystem health under urbanization.

Prof. Dr. Guoliang Xu
Prof. Dr. Xin Sun
Dr. Xiankun Yang
Guest Editors

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The Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on Collembola in Urban Soils and Associated Recovery Using Biochar Remediation: A Review
by Alexis Kayiranga, Zhu Li, Alain Isabwe, Xin Ke, Claudien Habimana Simbi, Binessi Edouard Ifon, Haifeng Yao, Bin Wang and Xin Sun
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3077; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043077 - 9 Feb 2023
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Heavy metal pollution in urban soil continues to be a global issue that poses a serious hazard to invertebrates and human lives through oral ingestion and inhalation of soil particles. Though the toxicity of several heavy metals on invertebrates like Collembola has been [...] Read more.
Heavy metal pollution in urban soil continues to be a global issue that poses a serious hazard to invertebrates and human lives through oral ingestion and inhalation of soil particles. Though the toxicity of several heavy metals on invertebrates like Collembola has been studied, lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) have been extensively studied due to their high toxicity to collembolans. As a ubiquitous soil organism all over the world, collembolans have been used as a model species to study the effects of heavy metals on invertebrate communities. To reduce the effects of heavy metals on ecosystem functions, biotic and abiotic measures have been used for heavy metal remediation; biochar seems to be the most effective approach that not only increases the physical absorption of heavy metals but also indirectly benefits soil organisms. In this study, we briefly reviewed the application of biochar in Pb and Cd polluted soil and showed its potential in soil remediation. Furthermore, we outlined the potentially toxic effects of Pb- and Cd-polluted urban soil on the collembolan species. We searched peer-reviewed publications that investigated: (1) the level of Pb and Cd contamination on urban soil in different cities around the world; and (2) the different sources of Pb and Cd as well as factors influencing their toxicity to collembolan communities. The obtained information offers new perspectives on the interactions and effects between collembolans, Pb, and Cd, and their remediation in urban soils. Full article
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Green Innovation in Regional Logistics: Level Evaluation and Spatial Analysis
by Hao Zhang, Xin Sun, Kailong Dong, Lianghui Sui, Min Wang and Qiong Hong
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 735; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010735 - 30 Dec 2022
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Green innovation is imperative for the high-quality and sustainable development of the modern logistics industry. It is also key for achieving the goals of peak emissions and carbon neutrality. This study provides a way of thinking about the evaluation of the green innovation [...] Read more.
Green innovation is imperative for the high-quality and sustainable development of the modern logistics industry. It is also key for achieving the goals of peak emissions and carbon neutrality. This study provides a way of thinking about the evaluation of the green innovation level of the logistics industry. The variance inflation factor-variance coefficient method was employed to construct an evaluation index system of the regional logistics green innovation level (RLGIL) from three dimensions. Empirical data were collected from statistical yearbooks covering 30 provinces in China from 2013 to 2017. Thereafter, the combination weighting-based GRA-TOPSIS method was applied to evaluate the RLGIL, and the spatial distribution differences and spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of inter-provincial green innovation levels were analyzed. The RLGILs in the 30 provinces were found to be generally unbalanced, and the differences between the eastern and western regions were significant. Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang had stronger RLGILs, whereas most other provinces did not reach the average level. The RLGIL of the 30 provinces had a high positive spatial correlation and spatial aggregating effect. From a national perspective, the values for the RLGIL were generally higher in the eastern and southern regions and lower in the western and northern regions. Although significant differences were found in the RLGIL of these provinces, the overall development trend was stable. Full article
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