Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development PDF
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Springer Geography Viacheslav I. Vasenev Elvira Dovletyarova Zhongqi Cheng Riccardo Valentini E ditors Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development Springer Geography The Springer Geography series seeks to publish a broad portfolio of scientific books, aiming at researchers, students, and everyone interested in geographical research. The series includes peer-reviewed monographs, edited volumes, text- books,andconferenceproceedings. Itcoverstheentireresearcharea ofgeography including, but not limited to, Economic Geography, Physical Geography, Quantitative Geography, and Regional/Urban Planning. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10180 Viacheslav I. Vasenev Elvira Dovletyarova (cid:129) Zhongqi Cheng Riccardo Valentini (cid:129) Editors Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development 123 Editors Viacheslav I.Vasenev ZhongqiCheng RUDN University City University of NewYork Moscow NewYork Russia USA Elvira Dovletyarova Riccardo Valentini RUDN University Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Moscow Change Russia Viterbo Italy ISSN 2194-315X ISSN 2194-3168 (electronic) SpringerGeography ISBN978-3-319-70556-9 ISBN978-3-319-70557-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70557-6 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017957853 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG2018 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface This edited volume contains a selection of refereed and revised papers originally presented at the Sixth International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development entitled “Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization.” The conference was organized in RUDN University,Moscow,Russia,onSeptember 12–14,2016.The conference aimedto provide a platform for discussion between different target groups involved in city sustainable development: environmental scientists, landscape architectures, urban planners, and policy-makers. We would like to thank more than 150 participants and 65 speakers who contributed with plenary, oral, and poster presentations. We wish to express our special gratitude to the authors who contributed to these pro- ceedings. The proceedings include an introduction and 17 research papers, which were selected by the scientific committee with additional help of external expert reviewers from 31 submissions. The authors were asked to consider the reviewers comments and make all necessary edits to improve the quality of the papers. The conference was organized under the umbrella of the “RUDN University program “5-100” and the “Erasmus+ Jean Monnet project “European traditions in governance, design and environmental management of megacities: search for solutions(EDEMS).”We wouldlike toexpressourgratitude toRUDNUniversity andErasmus+programfororganizationalandfinancialsupport.Wearealsodeeply grateful to the many people who put essential efforts to ensure this successful conference: keynote speakers, members of organizing and scientific committees, sessions conveners and moderators, reviewers, and technical editors. We wish to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Michael Leuchner, Publishing Editor, earth sci- ences,geographyandenvironment,andRajanMuthu,ProjectCoordinator,fortheir help and cooperation. We hope that these proceedings will serve as a valuable reference for researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers in the related fields. Viacheslav I. Vasenev Elvira Dovletyarova Zhongqi Cheng Riccardo Valentini v Organization Committee Chief Patron Nur S. Kirabaev Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Scientific Program Chair Riccardo Valentini Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy Organizing Co-chair Viacheslav I. Vasenev Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Scientific Program Committee Elvira A. Dovletyarova Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Vadim G. Pluyshchikov Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Jetse Stoorvogel Wageningen University Zhongqi Cheng City University of New York Carlo Calfapietra Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology (IBAF) vii viii Organization Ivan I. Vasenev Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Tatiana A. Fedorova Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Organizing Chair Vadim G. Pluyshchikov Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Organizing Co-chair Elvira A. Dovletyarova Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Organizing Committee Viacheslav I. Vasenev Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Carlo Calfapietra Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology (IBAF) Anna Paltseva City University of New York Elena Zaykova Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Organizing Secretary Tatiana A. Fedorova Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Russia Organization ix Organized by Contents Signal and Image Processing MEGACITIES 2050: From Urbanization Risks Towards Sustainable Urban Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 V.I. Vasenev, Z. Cheng, J.J. Stoorvogel, E.A. Dovletyarova, R.A. Hajiaghayeva, and V.G. Plyushchikov Urbanization of Biosphere: From Mega- to Ecopolises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dmitry N. Kavtaradze Measuring the Role of Urban Vegetation on Air Quality: The Case Study of the Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. . . . 13 Raffaela Esposito, Gabriele Guidolotti, Emanuele Pallozzi, Corrado Leone, Michele Mattioni, Giovanni De Simoni, and Carlo Calfapietra Urban Soil Respiration and Its Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Components Compared to Adjacent Forest and Cropland Within the Moscow Megapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 V.I. Vasenev, S. Castaldi, M.M. Vizirskaya, N.D. Ananyeva, A.S. Shchepeleva, I.M. Mazirov, K.V. Ivashchenko, R. Valentini, and I.I. Vasenev Modelling and Mapping Urban Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 J.J. Stoorvogel, I. van Manen, and V.I. Vasenev Influence of Latitudinal Zonality on Some Chemical Properties of Urban Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Irina A. Martynenko, Alexandra V. Maksimovich, Joulia L. Meshalkina, Jetse J. Stoorvogel, and Aleksey M. Yaroslavtsev Heavy Metals in Urban Soils of the Yamal Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Ivan Alekseev, E.V. Abakumov, and George Shamilishvili xi
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