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Title Carbon sequestration in urban ecosystems / Rattan Lal, Bruce Augustin, editors
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Science+Business Media B.V., ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Urban Ecosystems and Climate Change / Rattan Lal -- Adapting Urban Land Use in a Time of Climate Change : Optimising Future Land-Use Patterns to Decrease Flood Risks / Eveline van Leeuwen and Eric Koomen -- Comparison of Methods for Estimating Carbon Dioxide Storage by Sacramento's Urban Forest / Elena Aguaron and E. Gregory McPherson -- Terrestrial Carbon Management in Urban Ecosystems and Water Quality / Klaus Lorenz and Rattan Lal -- Carbon Stocks in Urban Forest Remnants : Atlanta and Baltimore as Case Studies / Ian D. Yesilonis and Richard V. Pouyat -- Urban Trees for Carbon Sequestration / B.C. Scharenbroch -- Carbon Storage in Some Urban Forest Soils of Columbus, Ohio, USA / Klaus Lorenz and Rattan Lal -- Carbon Dynamics and Sequestration in Urban Turfgrass Ecosystems / Yaling Qian and Ronald Follett -- Carbon Sequestration Potential in Urban Soils / Sally Brown, Eric Miltner, and Craig Cogger -- Carbon Sequestration in Turfed Landscapes : A Review / E.A. Guertal -- Microbial Control of Soil Carbon Accumulation in Turfgrass Systems / Wei Shi, Daniel Bowman, and Thomas Rufty -- Using Soil Health Indicators to Follow Carbon Dynamics in Disturbed Urban Environments : A Case Study of Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way Construction / R.R. Schindelbeck and H.M. van Es -- Carbon Sequestration in Golf Course Turfgrass Systems and Recommendations for the Enhancement of Climate Change Mitigation Potential / Adam L. Selhorst and Rattan Lal -- Modeling Carbon Sequestration in the U.S. Residential Landscape / G. Zirkle, Rattan Lal, Bruce Augustin, and R. Follett -- Improving Soil Quality for Urban Agriculture in the North Central U.S. / Josh Beniston and Rattan Lal -- Carbon Cycle of Urban Ecosystems / Galina Churkina -- Legacy Effects of Highway Construction Disturbance and Vegetation Management on Carbon Dynamics in Forested Urban Verges / Tara L.E. Trammell and Margaret M. Carreiro -- Global Urbanization and Demand for Natural Resources / Chia-Tsung Yeh and Shu-Li Huang -- Towards Greening of Urban Landscape / Rattan Lal
Summary Rapid urbanization started since early 1950s. Among numerous consequences of urbanization are change in landuse and land cover including deforestation, encroachment of prime farmland, and alterations in landscape. These consequences reduce the ecosystem carbon stocks especially in biota and soils, alter the hydrologic cycle by increasing runoff and decreasing soil water storage, change energy budget by altering albedo, and disrupt cycling of carbon and other elements. Such drastic alterations in land use and land cover and biogeochemical cycling of C and other elements affect global climate at local, regional and global scales because of drastic and irreversible changes in the structure, functions and dynamics of ecosystems. The global urban expansion rate is estimated at ̃2 million ha (Mha) of additional land to accommodate annual population growth of 70 to 80 millions. Because urban areas consist of build up areas and green areas or free space, judicious management of free space is crucial to moderating the global carbon cycle. Open spaces can be sustainably managed for home lawns, sports grounds, recreational areas, forests, and urban agriculture. Green roofs are also important in influencing the albedo and the carbon and hydrologic cycles. The strategy is to increase the green space areas, enhance their net primary productivity, and increase the overall carbon budget of urban ecosystems. It is also important to link science with policy
Analysis Life sciences
Regional planning
Agriculture
Climatic changes
Soil conservation
Soil Science & Conservation
Climate Change
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Earth System Sciences
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
koolstofvastlegging
carbon sequestration
stadsomgeving
urban environment
ecosystemen
ecosystems
stedelijke ecologie
urban ecology
Urban Ecology
Stadsecologie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Carbon sequestration
Urban ecology (Biology)
Biotic communities.
Carbon Sequestration
Ecosystem
urban environments.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General.
Biotic communities
Carbon sequestration
Urban ecology (Biology)
Form Electronic book
Author Lal, R.
Augustin, Bruce J.
ISBN 9789400723665
9400723660