Effects of urbanization on heavy metal accumulation in surface soils, Beijing

• Published in: Journal of environmental sciences (China) Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 328 - 334
• Main Authors: Wang, Meie, Liu, Rui, Chen, Weiping, Peng, Chi, Markert, Bernd
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2018
• Subjects: Beijing; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Human disturbance; Impervious land; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Population density; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Urban soils; Urbanization - trends; 重金属累积;土壤影响;陆地表面;都市化;北京;重金属分布;人口密度;城市; Impervious land; Zn; Human disturbance; Population density; Urban soils

Urbanization processes affect the accumulation of heavy metals in urban soils. Effects of urbanization on heavy metal accumulation in soils were studied using Beijing as an example. It has been suggested that the ecological function of vegetation covers shifting from natural to agricultural settings...