Author: E. Gregory McPhersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carbon dioxide mitigation
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Carbon Dioxide Reduction Through Urban Forestry
Author: E. Gregory McPhersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carbon dioxide mitigation
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
General Technical Report PSW.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry
Author: Francesco FerriniPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 131723703X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry. It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees, including for issues such as air quality, human well-being and stormwater management. It reviews the various stresses experienced by trees in cities and tolerance mechanisms, as well as cultural techniques for either pre-conditioning or alleviating stress after planting. It sets out sound planning, design, species selection, establishment and management of urban trees. It shows that close interactions with the local urban communities who benefit from trees are key to success. By drawing upon international state-of-art knowledge on arboriculture and urban forestry, the book provides a definitive overview of the field and is an essential reference text for students, researchers and practitioners.
Assessing Urban Forest Effects and Values
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Category : Forest surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
An analysis of trees in Chicago, IL, reveals that the city has about 3,585,000 trees with canopies that cover 17.2 percent of the area. The most common tree species are white ash, mulberry species, green ash, and tree-of-heaven. Chicago's urban forest currently stores about 716,000 tons of carbon valued at $14.8 million. In addition, these trees remove about 25,200 tons of carbon per year ($521,000 per year) and about 888 tons of air pollution per year ($6.4 million per year). Trees in Chicago are estimated to reduce annual residential energy costs by $360,000 per year. The structural, or compensatory, value is estimated at $2.3 billion. Information on the structure and functions of the urban forest can be used to inform urban forest management programs and to integrate urban forests within plans to improve environmental quality in the Chicago area.
Assessing urban forest effects and values New York City’s urban forest
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422324615
Category : Trees in cities
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
II. INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS
Author: Assist. Prof. Dr. Didem HEKİMOĞLU TUNÇ - Assist. Prof. Dr. Oğuz TUNÇPublisher: HOLISTENCE PUBLICATIONS
ISBN: 6258048943
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Resource Bulletin NRS
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Urban and Periurban Forest Diversity and Ecosystem Services
Author: Francisco EscobedoPublisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038424102
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Urban and Periurban Forest Diversity and Ecosystem Services" that was published in Forests
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Thomas ElmqvistPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 940077088X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 771
Book Description
Urbanization is a global phenomenon and the book emphasizes that this is not just a social-technological process. It is also a social-ecological process where cities are places for nature, and where cities also are dependent on, and have impacts on, the biosphere at different scales from local to global. The book is a global assessment and delivers four main conclusions: Urban areas are expanding faster than urban populations. Half the increase in urban land across the world over the next 20 years will occur in Asia, with the most extensive change expected to take place in India and China Urban areas modify their local and regional climate through the urban heat island effect and by altering precipitation patterns, which together will have significant impacts on net primary production, ecosystem health, and biodiversity Urban expansion will heavily draw on natural resources, including water, on a global scale, and will often consume prime agricultural land, with knock-on effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services elsewhere Future urban expansion will often occur in areas where the capacity for formal governance is restricted, which will constrain the protection of biodiversity and management of ecosystem services
Tropical Community Tree Guide
Author: Kelaine E. VargasPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437925677
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Even as they increase the beauty of our surroundings, trees provide us with a great many ecosystem services, incl. air quality improvement, energy conservation, stormwater interception, and carbon dioxide reduction. These benefits must be weighed against the costs of maintaining trees, including planting, pruning, irrigation, admin., pest control, liability, cleanup, and removal. This report presents benefits and costs for representative small, medium, and large trees in the Tropical region based on research carried out in Honolulu, Hawaii. Average annual net benefits increase with tree size and differ based on location:. Two hypothetical examples of planting projects are described to illustrate how the data in this guide can be adapted to local uses.