Effects of rapid urban sprawl on urban forest carbon stocks: Integrating remotely sensed, GIS and forest inventory data

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 447-455

  Ren, Yin ^a,b   Yan, Jing ^a,b   Wei, Xiaohua ^c,d   Wang, Yajun ^a,b   Yang, Yusheng ^e   Hua, Lizhong ^g   Xiong, Yongzhu ^f   Niu, Xiang ^h   Song, Xiaodong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN KEY LAB OF URBAN METABOLISM   (China)

^c JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f JIAYING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g XIAMEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Forestry resource inventory; Human disturbance; Land use and land cover change; Remotely sensed; Urban forest carbon dynamics; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESOURCE; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PATCHINESS; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLICY; URBAN AREA; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 84869861657     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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