Quantifying and Mapping the Supply of and Demand for Carbon Storage and Sequestration Service from Urban Trees.

ABSTRACT: Studies that assess the distribution of benefits provided by ecosystem services across urban areas are increasingly common. Nevertheless, current knowledge of both the supply and demand sides of ecosystem services remains limited, leaving a gap in our understanding of balance between ecosystem service supply and demand that restricts our ability to assess and manage these services. The present study seeks to fill this gap by developing and applying an integrated approach to quantifying the supply and demand of a key ecosystem service, carbon storage and sequestration, at the local level. This approach follows three basic steps: (1) quantifying and mapping service supply based upon Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) processing and allometric models, (2) quantifying and mapping demand for c

SUBMITTER: Zhao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4552758 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature