A Preliminary Study of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Effects of Land Use Control.

ABSTRACT: Land use change not only directly influences carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems but can also cause energy-related carbon emissions. This study examined spatiotemporal land use change across Jiangsu Province, China; calculated vegetation carbon storage loss caused by land use change and energy-related carbon emissions; analysed the relationship among land use change, carbon emissions and social-economic development; and optimized land use structure to maximize carbon storage. Our study found that 13.61% of the province's land area underwent a change in type of land use between 1995 and 2010, mainly presented as built-up land expansion and cropland shrinkage, especially in southern Jiangsu. Land use change caused a 353.99 × 10⁴ t loss of vegetation carbon storage loss. Energ

SUBMITTER: Chuai X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5109288 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature