Publications

Among the buried urban Anthrosols and Technosols, urban Dark Earth composes a major challenge to urban archaeologists and soil scientists. These homogeneous units are often the result of a complex formation history, involving human actions and natural processes. In order to understand the significance of the late medieval to pre-industrial urban Dark Earth observed on the site of Mundaneum in the historical centre of Mons (Belgium) an integrated ...

The sorption of dissolved organic matter (DOM) depends on its interaction with the soil matrix. In hydromorphic podzols, DOM reacts mainly with aluminium (Al), which is responsible for the formation of the Bh-horizon in the subsoil. In this work, we investigated whether the retention of DOM in the soil during the podzolization process is selective in relation to the molecular composition of DOM. A column experiment was conducted to study the ...

While deep learning has helped improve the performance of classification, object detection, and segmentation in recycling, its potential for mass prediction has not yet been explored. Therefore, this study proposes a system for mass prediction with and without feature extraction and selection, including principal component analysis (PCA). These feature extraction methods are evaluated on a combined Cast (C), Wrought (W) and Stainless Steel (SS) ...

This study proposes a novel methodology to calculate reuse and apply this to Flanders. We combine available data from the Flemish reuse network about its reselling of reusable goods with new survey data about disposal and acquisition behaviours of a representative sample of 1500 Flemish citizens. Using these data, we map the amount of reuse channelled through various exchange channels and calculate a reuse estimate (Total Reused Goods—TRG). In ...

Creating and managing urban green infrastructure is an essential part of the sustainable urban development initiative promoted by the EU governments. To achieve a synergistic development of urban green spaces in various countries, acquiring spatially explicit information on urban green areas on a continental scale in Europe thus becomes necessary. Yet, the currently available European urban land use/cover products may fail to provide this ...

Background
Residing close to green spaces might reduce diabetes mellitus (DM) risk; however, evidence for diabetes mortality is limited. Moreover, individual and neighbourhood social factors may determine DM risk. Exposure to green spaces may also depend on socioeconomic position (SEP). This study examined the associations between residential greenness and diabetes-related mortality, and the role of the social environment in these ...