The role of urbanisation in increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations: Think globally, act locally

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-308

  Shao, Guofan ^a,b   Qian, Tiejun ^a,c   Liu, Yang ^a,c   Martin, Brett ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Carbon emission; Carbon sequestration; Urban forest; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

INDIANA; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51949095760     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3843/SusDev.15.4:3a     Document Type: Article

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