For
decades, soil survey and soil research have been largely focused on
agricultural and forest lands, while intensively managed and disturbed
soils have not been much investigated as revealed by the white areas
on soil maps. Urban soils are used for many purposes, including urban
and industrial activities, forestry and agriculture. They are characterised
by a strong spatial heterogeneity resulting from the various inputs
of exogenous materials and the mixing of original soil material. The
basic functions of natural and extensively modified soils are essentially
the same. The evolution of urban soils is controlled by similar factors
as natural soils, although the human factor triggers extremely rapid
transformation cycles by comparison with those dominant under natural
conditions. They often retain pollutants which may represent a threat
for human health. Anthropogenic soils can be investigated with the
traditional soil survey approach, however these methods must be properly
adapted and new methodology must still be developed. It is only through
a multi-disciplinary approach that urban soils will be better understood
and their use optimised to protect human health and quality of natural
resources, e.g. groundwater quality.
International
scientific committee
ADAMO Paola, Italy
BELLUCK Dave, USA
BLUM W., IUSS, Austria
BREYSSE Denys, France
BURGHARDT Wolfgang, Germany
D'COSTA Victor P., Kenya
DELAGE Pierre, France
EMPEREUR-BISSONNET Pascal, France
FETZER Karl Dieter, Germany
FILIP Zdenek, Germany
GALINIE Henri, France
GUILLERME André, France
HAZELTON Pamela, Australia
JAHN Reinhold, Germany
KELLER Catherine, Swiss
LEGRET Michel, France
MACHULLA Galina, Germany
MACPHAIL Richard I., United Kingdom
MARFENINA Olga, Russia
MOREL Jean-Louis, France
MONTANARELLA Luca, Italy
ROSSIGNOL Jean-Pierre, France
SCHEYER Joyce Mack, USA
SCHNEIDER Jürgen, Germany
SCHWARTZ Christophe, France
SOBOCKA Jaroslava, Slovakia
SULCE Sulejman, Albania
TAHOUN Salah A., Egypt
THIOMBANO Lamourdia, FAO, Ghana
TOTSCHE Kai Uwe, Germany
WU Qitang, China
ZHANG Ganlin, China
ZMIROU Denis, France
Local
organisation committee
BERTHELIN Jacques,
CNRS-UHP
BUES Michel, INPL
DAMBRINE Etienne, INRA
ECHEVARRIA Guillaume, INRA-INPL
ELTER René, INRAP
FAURE Pierre, CNRS-UHP-INPL
FETZER Karl Dieter, LfU
FISMES-BEMER Joëlle, INRA-INPL
FLORENTIN Louis, INRA-INPL
JAUZEIN Michel,CNRS-UHP
LARTIGES Bruno, INPL-CNRS
LEYVAL Corinne, CNRS-UHP
MANSUY Laurence, CNRS-UHP-INPL
MARION Philippe, INPL-CNRS
MASFARAUD Jean-François, Université de Metz
RAOULT Noële, GISFI
PERRIN-GANIER Corinne, INRA-INPL
RANGER Jacques, INRA
SAADA Alain, BRGM
SARDIN Michel, CNRS-INPL
SCHWARTZ Christophe, INRA-INPL
SIMONNOT Marie-Odile, CNRS-INPL
STERCKEMAN Thibault, INRA-INPL
TROGNON Alain, Université de Nancy 2
VASSEUR Paule, Université de Metz
