Impacts of urban forests on offsetting carbon emissions from industrial energy use in Hangzhou, China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 807-813

  Zhao, Min ^a   Kong, Zheng hong ^b   Escobedo, Francisco J ^c   Gao, Jun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Fossil fuel use; Urban forest management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; FUEL STORAGE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

C EMISSIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; FOSSIL FUEL USE; FUEL USE; HANGZHOU; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY USE; URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT; URBAN FORESTS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY USE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN FORESTRY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; FOREST STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; HANGZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 77949274516     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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