Carbon Sequestration in Urban Ecosystems

✍ Scribed by Rattan Lal (auth.), Rattan Lal, Bruce Augustin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 398
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Urbanization drastically alters the ecosystems structure and functions, disrupts cycling of C and other elements along with water. It alters the energy balance and influences climate at local, regional and global scales. In 2008, urban population exceeded the rural population. In 2050, 70% of the world population will live in urban centers. The number of megacities (10 million inhabitants) increased from three in 1975 to 19 in 2007, and is projected to be 27 in 2025. Rapid urbanization is altering the ecosystem C budget. Yet, urban ecosystems have a large C sink capacity in soils and biota. Judicious planning and effective management can enhance C pool in urban ecosystems, and off-set some of the anthropogenic emissions. Principal components with regards to C sequestration include home lawns and turfs, urban forests, green roofs, park and recreational/sports facilities and urban agriculture.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Urban Ecosystems and Climate Change....Pages 3-19
Adapting Urban Land Use in a Time of Climate Change; Optimising Future Land-Use Patterns to Decrease Flood Risks....Pages 21-41
Comparison of Methods for Estimating Carbon Dioxide Storage by Sacramento’s Urban Forest....Pages 43-71
Terrestrial Carbon Management in Urban Ecosystems and Water Quality....Pages 73-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Carbon Stocks in Urban Forest Remnants: Atlanta and Baltimore as Case Studies....Pages 103-120
Urban Trees for Carbon Sequestration....Pages 121-138
Carbon Storage in Some Urban Forest Soils of Columbus, Ohio, USA....Pages 139-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Carbon Dynamics and Sequestration in Urban Turfgrass Ecosystems....Pages 161-172
Carbon Sequestration Potential in Urban Soils....Pages 173-196
Carbon Sequestration in Turfed Landscapes: A Review....Pages 197-213
Microbial Control of Soil Carbon Accumulation in Turfgrass Systems....Pages 215-231
Using Soil Health Indicators to Follow Carbon Dynamics in Disturbed Urban Environments – A Case Study of Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way Construction....Pages 233-247
Carbon Sequestration in Golf Course Turfgrass Systems and Recommendations for the Enhancement of Climate Change Mitigation Potential....Pages 249-263
Modeling Carbon Sequestration in the U.S. Residential Landscape....Pages 265-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Improving Soil Quality for Urban Agriculture in the North Central U.S.....Pages 279-313
Carbon Cycle of Urban Ecosystems....Pages 315-330
Legacy Effects of Highway Construction Disturbance and Vegetation Management on Carbon Dynamics in Forested Urban Verges....Pages 331-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Global Urbanization and Demand for Natural Resources....Pages 355-371
Towards Greening of Urban Landscape....Pages 373-383
Back Matter....Pages 385-385

✦ Subjects

Agriculture; Soil Science & Conservation; Climate Change; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning