Assessing soil environmental capacity on different land uses in a suburban area of Chengdu, China

Wenjiang (China) is the area which undertakes high-intensity planting activities. Additionally, the soil environmental capacity has been a hot area of research as it plays a key role in environmental protection planning, environmental impact assessment and sustainable development. In this paper, the static model of soil environmental capacity is employed to investigate the distribution of residual soil environmental capacity in Wenjiang. The results show that the soil environmental capacity of mercury is the largest for industrial land while it is the lowest in garlic-rice planting areas; the soil environmental capacity of arsenic is the largest in city construction land while it is the lowest in ecological conservation zone; the soil environmental capacity of lead is the largest in city construction land while it is the lowest in garlic-rice planting areas; and the soil environmental capacity of chromium is the largest in city construction land while it is the lowest in garlic-rice planting areas.