Urban forests' potential to supply marketable carbon emission offsets: A survey of municipal governments in the United States

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 432-438

  Poudyal, Neelam C ^a   Siry, Jacek P ^a   Bowker, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Climate change; Municipalities; Supply; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

CARBON CREDITS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON MARKETS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CARBON TRADING; CHICAGO; COST-OF-LIVING; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT; REVENUE GENERATION; URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN FORESTS; VERIFIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMMERCE; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; SALES; SURVEYS; TIMBER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON; CHELATION; CITIES; CLIMATES; COMMERCE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; SALES; SUPPLY; SURVEYS; USA;

EID: 77954658243     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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