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Project Code [2007-PhD-S-3]
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Project title
Characterising variation of heavy metal pollution in urban soils
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)
Lead Applicant
Chaosheng Zhang
Project Abstract
Urban soils are recipients of pollutants from various sources, causing strong variation in both horizontal and vertical directions. In this project, soils will be sampled from chosen typical areas such as a residential park, an industrial site, a roadside land, and a reclaimed rubbish-dumping site, and heavy metal concentrations will be measured. Advanced spatial analyses, including hotspot analyses, spatial structure analyses, spatial interpolation and hazard assessment under a GIS environment will be carried out to characterise the variation and to aid to develop a hazard assessment framework for heavy metal pollution in urban soils.
Grant Approved
�95,000.00
Research Hub
Natural Environment
Research Theme
Soils and Land-Use
Initial Projected Completion Date
22/10/2010