Carbon sequestration through urban ecosystem services: A case study from Finland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 563-564, Issue , 2016, Pages 623-632

  Kuittinen, Matti ^a   Moinel, Caroline ^a   Adalgeirsdottir, Kristjana ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbonation; CO2 uptake; Ecosystem services; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle; NZEB; Residential; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; ECOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

CO2 UPTAKE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; NZEB; RESIDENTIAL; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; URBAN AREA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FINN (CITIZEN); GARDENING; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ESPOO; FINLAND; UUSIMAA;

EID: 84969175348     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.168     Document Type: Article

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