Contribution of ecosystem services to air quality and climate change mitigation policies: The case of urban forests in Barcelona, Spain

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 466-479

  Baró, Francesc ^a   Chaparro, Lydia ^b   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a   Langemeyer, Johannes ^a   Nowak, David J ^c   Terradas, Jaume ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b Ecologistas en Acción Ecological Services of Urban Forest in Barcelona   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air purification; Cities; Climate regulation; Policy targets; Urban ecosystem services; Urban forests

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PURIFICATION; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POLLUTION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; SPAIN; TREES;

EID: 84902116075     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0507-x     Document Type: Article

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