Soil in the urban environment represents not only an area that is gradually being urbanised but it is also a vital natural resource, which performs many essential environmental and social functions.

The extensive urban sprawl we are facing in last decades stresses many important questions on how to control such land over-consumption, prevent or remediate the land contamination and manage the exploitation of land resources in such way that all major functions of soil will be preserved. It is becoming essential to establish a comprehensive and functional land management strategy in order to protect this natural resource in urban areas in order to preserve it and keep it safe for next generations.

Up to now there is no such strategy in place in Central Europe, which would consider and manage soil in the urban planning process. This project is aimed on challenging task to develop such strategy and will design the pilot systems for selected municipalities.