Soil and soil environmental quality monitoring in China: a review.
Environ Int
; 69: 177-99, 2014 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Over the past few decades, numerous concerns have been raised in China over the issue of environmental sustainability. Various soil survey and monitoring programs have been carried out in China to study soil quality, and to provide a scientific basis for environment policy making. This paper provides an overview of past and current soil quality surveys and monitoring activities in China. This paper includes a summary of concerns over background concentrations of elements in soil, and soil environmental standards and guidelines in China. Levels of pollution in urban soil, agricultural soil, and soil in mining and smelting areas were compared using the concentrations and pollution indexes. In addition to soil surveys, soil monitoring is essential to study the data and to examine the effects of contaminants in soils. However, the current soil quality monitoring system was insufficient to accurately determine the soil quality status of soils across China. For accurate soil monitoring in China, it will be necessary to set up routine monitoring systems at various scales (national, provincial, and local scales), taking into consideration monitoring indicators and quality assurance. This is currently an important priority for the environmental protection administration of China.
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Texto completo:
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Suelo
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Contaminantes del Suelo
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Monitoreo del Ambiente
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Conservación de los Recursos Naturales
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Contaminación Ambiental
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Int
Año:
2014
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Article