Million trees Los Angeles canopy cover and benefit assessment

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-50

  McPherson, E Gregory ^a   Simpson, James R ^a   Xiao, Qingfu ^b   Wu, Chunxia ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Tree benefits; Tree canopy cover; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTENNAS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; REFORESTATION;

AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; STORM WATER RUNOFF; TREE BENEFITS; TREE CANOPY COVERS; URBAN FORESTRY;

REMOTE SENSING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AIR QUALITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATIC REGION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTHETICS; GIS; MORTALITY; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; GIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449283856     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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