Parcel size related to household behaviors affecting carbon storage in exurban residential landscapes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-64

  Nassauer, Joan Iverson ^a   Cooper, D Ayehlet ^a   Marshall, Lauren L ^b   Currie, William S ^a   Hutchins, Meghan ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Metropolitan; Sustainability; Urban ecology; Urban forestry; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECOLOGY; HOUSING; REFORESTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; METROPOLITAN; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN FORESTRY;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOMEOWNER; MAINTENANCE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SIZE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904758457     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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