Optimising UK urban road verge contributions to biodiversity and ecosystem services with cost-effective management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 191, Issue , 2017, Pages 162-171

  O'Sullivan, Odhran S ^a   Holt, Alison R ^a,b   Warren, Philip H ^a   Evans, Karl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Natural Capital Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nature strip; Parking strip; Roadside vegetation; Sidewalk buffer; Street trees; Tree lawn

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOSYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; REFORESTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; URBAN GROWTH;

COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; NATURE STRIP; PARKING STRIP; ROADSIDE VEGETATION; SIDEWALK BUFFER; STREET TREES; TREE LAWN; URBAN GREENSPACES; URBAN ROAD;

BIODIVERSITY;

STORM WATER; CARBON;

BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTHETICS; GREENSPACE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLINATION; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TREE PLANTING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

ADULT TREE; AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE; COST CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; HUMAN; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POLLINATOR; POLLUTION; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOIL EROSION; UNITED KINGDOM; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TREE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; TREES;

EID: 85009198178     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.062     Document Type: Review

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