objectives the aim of this study was to assess soils of khorramabad metropolis in order to establish the concentration of lead and develop a contamination factor map. materials and methods soil samples were collected from 25 different urban parks in khorramabad, iran. the mean pb contents in the urban topsoil samples were compared with mean concentrations for other cities around the world. a sp...

Purpose Ammonia oxidation plays an important role in global nitrogen cycle. However, little information is available on ammonia oxidizers in paddy soils. This study aimed to understand the controlling factors of ammonia oxidizers in the paddy soils. Materials and methods Three types of paddy soils were collected from southwest [Chongqing City (CQ)], central [Honghu City (HH)], and northeast [Pa...

The aim of the studies was to compare the composition of soil bacterial metabiomes originating from urbanized areas and areas con¬taminated with hydrocarbons with those from agricultural soil and forest soil obtained from a protected wild-life park area. It should be noted that hydrocarbons are everywhere therefore bacteria capable of their utilization are present in every soil type. In the hyd...

States Supreme Court held that an ordinance mandating a ceiling on rents mobile home park owners can charge does not constitute a Fifth Amendment taking by the government and, therefore, does not entitle the park owners to compensation. Background In 1978, the State of Califoniia enacted the Mobilehome Residency Law, which limits a mobile home park owner's ability to terminate the tenancy of a ...

The challenge of distance in designing civil protest: the case of Resurrection City in the Washington Mall and the Occupy Movement in Zuccotti Park Tali Hatuka To cite this article: Tali Hatuka (2015): The challenge of distance in designing civil protest: the case of Resurrection City in the Washington Mall and the Occupy Movement in Zuccotti Park, Planning Perspectives, DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2...

Abstract The Urmia Lake National Park (NW Iran) represents a unique ecosystem owing to special ecological conditions prevailing the region. The Urmia Lake National Park comprises a range of normal to extreme environments, with variable range of salinity between 120-300 g/L. The present study was aimed to characterize ascomycetous yeast mycobiota inhabiting hypersaline soils in this region. Soi...

Correspondence to: Shih-Yu Wang, Utah Climate Center/Dept. Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; E-mail: [email protected]. Is Global Warming Changing the ENSO Precursor in the Western North Pacific? Shih-Yu Wang, Michelle L’Heureux, and Jin-Ho Yoon Utah Climate Center/Dept. Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, Logan, Utah NOAA Climate Prediction Center,...

this research was performed to determine the efficiency effect of sedimentary environment of kerman city area on soil structure bycomparing natural and reconstituted consolidation curves. in this regard, four different criteria such as sensitivity strength, stresssensitivity, schmertman criteria and the result of the uniaxial compression test were used. the base of these criteria is to compare ...

Hochiminh City environs have more than 45,000 ha of coastal plain soils which to be continued to the South by the great mangrove forest in Camau peninsula. How to protect and afforest mangroves successfully on these soils when using them also for aquaculture (shrimp, fish, crab, mollusc, etc.)? An answer to this question is now urgently needed. Dealing with the study on soil genesis/ geography ...