Carbon storage and change in urban China
Urbanization is undoubtedly one of the most significant anthropogenic forces affecting global carbon cycle.This study used a stock-change method to estimate the carbon storage and change during the urbanization process in urban China from 1985 to 201.In particular,the carbon storage and change in urban vegetation and urban soil,are estimated in this study.The results show that urban soils are the major carbon pools in urban areas.Along with urban expansions,urban vegetation becomes sources of carbon due to loss of biomass,whereas urban soils act as sinks of carbon because increasing urban areas enhance the carbon storage in them.Given the continuous urbanization process in China,this study has implications for urban managers to enhance carbon storage through urban vegetation and soils,hence offsetting CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning.
urbanization land use and change carbon storage and change urban China
Lina Meng Bo Huang
Institution of Economics,School of Economics,Xiamen University,Fujian 361005,China Department of Geography,the Chinese University of Hong Kong,Shatin,N.T.,Hong Kong
国内会议
第十届中日韩地理学联合会议、第一届亚洲地理学大会、第十五次全国青年地理工作者学术研讨会
上海
英文
8-21
2015-10-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）