Designing Low Carbon Societies in Landscapes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nakagoshi, Nobukazu (Editor), A. Mabuhay, Jhonamie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Ecological Research Monographs,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Landscape ecology.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Sustainable Development.; Renewable and Green Energy.

This book focuses on three major means of achieving a low carbon society: conservation of the ecosystem complex, changes of arrangement of landscapes, and creation of biodiversity. There are specific countermeasures to be taken for carbon absorption in the three types of landscapes—urban, cultural,...