Greenhouse gas emissions and the interrelation of urban and forest sectors in reclaiming one hectare of land in the Pacific Northwest

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7250-7259

  Trlica, Andrew ^a   Brown, Sally ^b  

^a SYLVIS Environmental   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST RECLAMATION; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT; LAND-USE SCENARIO; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; ORGANIC RESIDUALS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SOIL RECLAMATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER MINES; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; RECLAMATION; RESTORATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

CARBON; COPPER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; GREENHOUSE GAS; RECLAIMED LAND; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL REMEDIATION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COAL MINING; FOREST; HOME; LAND USE; SOIL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SOIL; TREES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; RECLAMATION; RESTORATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84880109638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3033007     Document Type: Article

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