Impact of urbanization on soil loss: a case study from sod production

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dc.authoridRuis, Sabrina/0000-0002-8769-9453
dc.authoridParlak, Mehmet/0000-0002-4813-1152
dc.contributor.authorParlak, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorEverest, Timucin
dc.contributor.authorRuis, Sabrina J.
dc.contributor.authorBlanco, Humberto
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:17:17Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:17:17Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe rapidly increasing population of urban centers leads to the increasing need for greenspaces. Sodding of turfgrass provides instant greenspace, but it removes soil from sod farms. The extent of such removal has not been widely quantified. The amount quantity of soil and organic matter lost with sod harvest and the associated cost of nutrients lost from six sod farms in the Marmara region of Turkey were determined. Soil loss ranged from 166 to 243 Mg ha(-1)year(-1), while the associated organic matter loss ranged from 1 to 6 Mg ha(-1)year(-1). The amount of soil loss increased with increases in gravimetric water, clay, and silt contents, and duration under sod harvest, while it decreased with an increase in sand content. Annual nutrient lost ranged from 117 to 449 kg ha(-1)for N, from 2 to 18 kg ha(-1)for P2O5, and from 21 to 175 kg ha(-1)for K2O. Replacing the nutrient lost would cost about $134 ha(-1)year(-1)for sandy soils and $444 ha(-1)year(-1)for fine-textured soils. Soil lost with sod harvest was 134 times higher than that from agricultural lands by erosion in the region, although the area under sod production is much smaller than that under croplands. Similarly, organic matter loss was 4 to 5 times higher than the accumulation rate under established turfgrass in golf courses and lawns in locations with similar climate. Overall, sod harvesting results in significant and costly soil, organic matter, and nutrient loss, which, although small in area, can be an important component of total soil erosion.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10661-020-08549-y
dc.identifier.issn0167-6369
dc.identifier.issn1573-2959
dc.identifier.issue9
dc.identifier.pmid32815002
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85089593926
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08549-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21538
dc.identifier.volume192
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000565257500002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectUrbanization
dc.subjectSoil loss
dc.subjectSod production
dc.subjectOrganic matter loss
dc.subjectSoil degradation
dc.titleImpact of urbanization on soil loss: a case study from sod production
dc.typeArticle

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