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: Received: 28 March 2024 / Approved: 28 March 2024 / Online: 29 March 2024 (07:24:20 CET)
How to cite:
Menconi, M.E.; Bonciarelli, L.; Grohamnn, D. Assessment of the Potential Contribution of the Urban Green System to the Carbon Balance of Cities. Preprints2024, 2024031789. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1789.v1
Menconi, M.E.; Bonciarelli, L.; Grohamnn, D. Assessment of the Potential Contribution of the Urban Green System to the Carbon Balance of Cities. Preprints 2024, 2024031789. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1789.v1
Menconi, M.E.; Bonciarelli, L.; Grohamnn, D. Assessment of the Potential Contribution of the Urban Green System to the Carbon Balance of Cities. Preprints2024, 2024031789. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1789.v1
APA Style
Menconi, M.E., Bonciarelli, L., & Grohamnn, D. (2024). Assessment of the Potential Contribution of the Urban Green System to the Carbon Balance of Cities. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1789.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Menconi, M.E., Livia Bonciarelli and David Grohamnn. 2024 "Assessment of the Potential Contribution of the Urban Green System to the Carbon Balance of Cities" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1789.v1
Abstract
Reducing GHG emissions is a crucial challenge in urban areas, characterized by high energy consumption and reduced exposure to nature. In this context, the urban green system could play a pivotal role. In the literature, scholars analyzed both the ability of species-specific and layout-specific green infrastructures to increase carbon sequestration and the best location sites of new green infrastructures, to increase the provision of overall ecosystem services. There is a lack of studies helping green urban planners and designers choose where and which green infrastructure to implement, based on vegetation species-specific performance and local carbon emissions of city components. This paper uses tree inventory data from a medium-sized city in central Italy (Perugia) to develop a spatial analysis of the urban parks' performance in carbon sequestration. Then, the method evaluates the carbon emission of a public city building to generate a spatialized balance between buildings’ demand and trees’ supply, to support local decisions about the best locations for new green infrastructures and the choice between species. The paper contributes to GIS-based tools that vary the recommended location sites and species for new green infrastructures based on the demanded ecosystem service.
Keywords
urban park; carbon balance; carbon sequestration; urban trees maintenance; scenario analysis; i-Tree Eco; tree cadastre; tree inventory; proximity services; ecosystem services
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Forestry
Copyright:
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