Evaluation of the natural attenuation capacity of urban residential soils with ecosystem-service performance index (EPX) and entropy-weight methods

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 238; pp. 222 - 229
• Main Authors: Xie, Tian, Wang, Meie, Su, Chao, Chen, Weiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2018
• Subjects: bulk density; China; Ecosystem service; ecosystem services; entropy; functional diversity; Natural attenuation; pollutants; population density; Residential soil; socioeconomics; soil organic matter; soil sampling; urban soils; Urbanization; Weight determination; China; Urbanization; Natural attenuation; Weight determination; Ecosystem service; Residential soil

Soils provide the service of attenuating and detoxifying pollutants. Such ability, natural attenuation capacity (NAC), is one of the most important ecosystem services for urban soils. We improved the ecosystem-service performance index (EPX) model by integrating with entropy weight determination met...