Carbon Sequestration in Urban Ecosystems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lal, Rattan (Editor), Augustin, Bruce (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Physical geography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Agriculture.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

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, a...