Carbon Sequestration in Urban Ecosystems (Record no. 104460)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789400723665
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-94-007-2366-5
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Classification number S1-S972
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Subject category code TVB
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Subject category code TEC003000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 630
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lal, Rattan.
Relator term editor.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Carbon Sequestration in Urban Ecosystems
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Rattan Lal, Bruce Augustin.
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-- Dordrecht :
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-- 2012.
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Extent XI, 385p. 400 illus., 42 illus. in color.
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Formatted contents note Foreword -- PART I. Urban Ecosystems and Climate Change -- PART II. Urban Forests -- PART III.  Turfgrass and Home Lawns -- PART IV. Current Trends in Urban Ecosystems -- PART V. Sustainable Management of Urban Ecosystems.
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Summary, etc Rapid urbanization started since early 1950s. Among numerous consequences of urbanization are change in landuse and land cover including deforestation, encroachment of prime farmland, and alterations in landscape. These consequences reduce the ecosystem carbon stocks especially in biota and soils, alter the hydrologic cycle by increasing runoff and decreasing soil water storage, change energy budget by altering albedo, and disrupt cycling of carbon and other elements. Such drastic alterations in land use and land cover and biogeochemical cycling of C and other elements affect global climate at local, regional and global scales because of drastic and irreversible changes in the structure, functions and dynamics of ecosystems. The global urban expansion rate is estimated at ~2 million ha (Mha) of additional land to accommodate annual population growth of 70 to 80 millions. Because urban areas consist of build up areas and green areas or free space, judicious management of free space is crucial to moderating the global carbon cycle. Open spaces can be sustainably managed for home lawns, sports grounds, recreational areas, forests, and urban agriculture. Green roofs are also important in influencing the albedo and the carbon and hydrologic cycles. The strategy is to increase the green space areas, enhance their net primary productivity, and increase the overall carbon budget of urban ecosystems. It is also important to link science with policy.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Regional planning.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Soil conservation.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life Sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Soil Science & Conservation.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate Change.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Earth System Sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
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Personal name Augustin, Bruce.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789400723658
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2366-5
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