Urban soil management in the strategies for adaptation to climate change of cities in the Tropical Andes

Bonilla-Bedoya, Santiago; Herrera, Miguel Ángel; Vaca, Angélica; Salazar, Laura; Žalakevičiūtė, Rasa; Mejía, Danilo; López-Ulloa, Magdalena

doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115840

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“…It is a recognized technique in the eld of machine learning [17], [114], [117]- [119] that is more e cient compared with linear prediction methods when analyzing a large volume of data. The RF technique does not require prior assumptions of distribution and stationarity of the variable, and it does not restrict the use of different types of co-variables [17], [119].…”

Section: Sampling and Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

WITHDRAWN: Cities expansion drivers and maximum temperatures variation in the Tropics

Bonilla-Bedoya

Žalakevičiūtė

Santos

et al. 2023

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Urban expansion and contemporary climate variations are caused by different proximate and underlying multidimensional factors. A spatiotemporal analysis of the urban socio-ecosystem generates key information for planning a sustainable urban model. We analyzed the spatiotemporal pattern of urban expansion and maximum temperature variations in a hierarchy of four categories of cities in the South American tropics in a sequence of seven-time intervals between 1985 and 2018. We defined the boundaries of 31 cities using spatiotemporal information on climatic, topographic, forest, demographic, and economic dimensions. This information was used to run several linear and nonlinear models that would explain the pattern of urban expansion and maximum temperature variations. We found that the historical pattern of expansion varied over time by city category; however, by the end of the first two decades of the 21st century, expansion was significantly higher for all categories. All dimensions contributed to explaining the expansion. An increasing altitude, the steepness of the slope, and a lower roughness index were the proximate causes of increasing the probability of city expansion; on the contrary, vegetation cover had the least importance, suggesting degradation of peripheral ecosystems. Underlying causes, an increase in the gross domestic product (GDP), and demographic variations were of high importance in explaining the probability of expansion in the region. We suggest that the systematic transition from peri-urban soil to impervious cover in the South American tropics is key to both local and global land surface energy balance.

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WITHDRAWN: Cities expansion drivers and maximum temperatures variation in the Tropics

Bonilla-Bedoya

Žalakevičiūtė

Santos

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“…Some ideas of how social processes affect nutrient cycling have emerged as biogeo-socio-chemistry especially for urban settings (Pataki et al, 2011;Kaushal et al, 2014), and others may help address additional soil ecological dimensions of multi-functionality (Creamer et al, 2022) beyond nutrients like spatial patterns of faunal diversity and soil food web network structures. Recent studies of urban ecology already point to interesting patterns that challenge deficit narratives of societal relationships with local soils and agriculture (Bonilla-Bedoya et al, 2022;Nugent and Allison, 2022;Pindral et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2022). Novel insights on soil socio-ecological dynamics may help guide how to tailor sustainable development initiatives by individual countries to achieve international soil governance initiatives (Farnese, 2022;García et al, 2022) like through the UN FAO Global Soil Partnership, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (Wall et al, 2015), and other working groups generally addressing UN sustainable development goals of combating soil and habitat degradation to enhance ecosystem services via dynamic key soil ecological indicators (Pradhan et al, 2017;Bennich et al, 2020).…”

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Developing systems theory in soil agroecology: Incorporating heterogeneity and dynamic instability

Medina¹,

Vandermeer²

2023

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Ecosystem management is integral to the future of soils, yet anthropogenic drivers represent a key source of uncertainty in ecosystem models. First- and new-generation soil models formulate many soil pools using first-order decomposition, which tends to generate simpler yet numerous parameters. Systems or complexity theory, developed across various scientific and social fields, may help improve robustness of soil models, by offering consistent assumptions about system openness, potential dynamic instability and distance from commonly assumed stable equilibria, as well as new analytical tools for formulating more generalized model structures that reduce parameter space and yield a wider array of possible model outcomes, such as quickly shrinking carbon stocks with pulsing or lagged respiration. This paper builds on recent perspectives of soil modeling to ask how various soil functions can be better understood by applying a complex systems lens. We synthesized previous literature reviews with concepts from non-linear dynamical systems in theoretical ecology and soil sciences more broadly to identify areas for further study that may help improve the robustness of soil models under the uncertainty of human activities and management. Three broad dynamical concepts were highlighted: soil variable memory or state-dependence, oscillations, and tipping points or hysteresis. These themes represent less intuitive yet key dynamics that can emerge after assuming nuanced observations, such as reversibility of organo-mineral associations, dynamic aggregate- and pore hierarchies, persistent wet-dry cycles, higher-order microbial community and predator-prey interactions, cumulative legacy land use history, and social management interactions and/or cooperation. We discuss how these aspects may contribute useful analytical tools, metrics, and frameworks that help integrate the uncertainties in future soil states, ranging from micro- to regional scales, including those indirectly affected by human activities and management decisions. Overall, this study highlights the potential benefits of incorporating spatial heterogeneity and dynamic instabilities into future model representations of whole soil processes. Additionally, it advocates for transdisciplinary collaborations between natural and social scientists, extending research into anthropedology and biogeosociochemistry, to better integrate and understand longer-term anthropogenic drivers of soil processes, potentially from soil structural dynamics to microbial community and food web ecology.

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“…Climate change, identified as one of the major global challenges of the 21st century, is a significant threat to cities [2]. Governments and urban planning authorities are recognizing the urgency of addressing climate change and the existing challenges to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies that ensure collective wellbeing [4,5]. In this regard, many countries and cities have committed to reduce their emissions signing this commitment under in international agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Climate Agreement, and reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [6][7][8].…”

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Methodological Approaches and Literature Analysis in the Study of Soil Carbon in Urban Green Spaces: A Systematic Review

Tomatis,

Diaz De Oleo,

Correa-Guimaraes

et al. 2024

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This review examines methodologies studying soil carbon in urban green spaces, a field requiring higher attention as their ecosystem services are valued and urban mitigation plans against climate change are developed. In the growing global urbanization, urban green spaces play a crucial role as nature-based solutions to address climate challenges, demanding efficient carbon accounting and reduction strategies. In this research, a systematic review was conducted assessing publications from 2021 to 2023 in the databases Web of Science and Scopus. Findings expose the lack of standardization in the methodologies used to study soil carbon in urban green spaces, evidencing in situ measurements at different sampling depths and studies without longitudinal monitoring over time. In addition, studies originated primarily in universities from China, United States and Spain, which focused on carbon in the form of Soil Organic Carbon and Total Carbon. Based on these findings, recommendations are made advocating for the combination and standardizing methodologies. This review offers valuable insights that shed light on an ignore and often overseen issue. Further studies and standardized methodology are needed, to help cities efforts in their pursuit of carbon neutrality by acknowledging the influential role of urban soils, especially green spaces.

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Urban soil management in the strategies for adaptation to climate change of cities in the Tropical Andes

Cited by 12 publications

References 57 publications

WITHDRAWN: Cities expansion drivers and maximum temperatures variation in the Tropics

WITHDRAWN: Cities expansion drivers and maximum temperatures variation in the Tropics

Developing systems theory in soil agroecology: Incorporating heterogeneity and dynamic instability

Methodological Approaches and Literature Analysis in the Study of Soil Carbon in Urban Green Spaces: A Systematic Review

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