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Estimating Atmospheric Forest Carbon Loss in East Baton Rouge Parish Using Satellite Remote Sensing: A Critical Tool for Climate Change Mitigation [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Forests play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle, primarily by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) during photosynthesis. However, it is often overlooked that forests also release CO2 into the atmosphere at night through respiration or degradation ...
P. M. Loh, Y. A. Twumasi, Z. H. Ning, R. N. D. Armah, J. D. Osei, E. Dadzie, D. T. Gyan   +6 more
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Citizens and urban greening: Do Bobo Dioulasso dwellers participate in greenhouse gas mitigation through urban forestry and greening? [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Derra H, Traoré SAA, Kaboré GE.
europepmc   +1 more source

The social & economic implications of alternative land uses involving pastoral farming and forestry in Northland : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics at Massey University [PDF]

, 1987
This thesis is a scenario study which examines the social and economic impacts of different types of forestry being established in an area of pastoral farmland in Northland, New Zealand.
Smith, David Hardie
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High-resolution SAR images for fire susceptibility estimation in urban forestry [PDF]

, 2011
We present an adaptive system for the automatic assessment of both physical and anthropic fire impact factors on periurban forestries. The aim is to provide an integrated methodology exploiting a complex data structure built upon a multi resolution grid ...
CANALE, Silvia, DE SANTIS, Alberto, IACOVIELLO, Daniela, PIRRI ARDIZZONE, Maria Fiora, SAGRATELLA, SIMONE   +4 more
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Vegetation-Specific Cooling Responses to Compact Urban Development: Evidence from a Landscape-Based Analysis in Nanjing, China

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The urban heat island (UHI) effect has emerged as a growing ecological challenge in compact urban environments. Although urban vegetation plays a vital role in mitigating thermal extremes, its cooling performance varies depending on vegetation type and ...
Qianyu Sun, Daicong Li, Xiaolan Tang, Yujie Ren   +3 more
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Status, Use and Management of Urban Forests in Turkey

South-East European Forestry, 2012
Background and Purpose: From the 1950s onwards the urban population in Turkey has been increasing. Today, 77% of the population is living in cities and urban conglomerates.
Erdogan Atmiş, H. Batuhan Günşen, Cengiz Yücedağ, Wietze Lise   +3 more
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Spatial and temporal variation of heat islands in the main urban area of Zhengzhou under the two-way influence of urbanization and urban forestry. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Yang Y, Song F, Ma J, Wei Z, Song L, Cao W.   +5 more
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Literature review of the remote sensing of natural resources [PDF]

s of 596 documents related to remote sensors or the remote sensing of natural resources by satellite, aircraft, or ground-based stations are presented.
Fears, C. B., Inglis, M. H.
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Beyond 'trees are good': Disservices, management costs, and tradeoffs in urban forestry. [PDF]

Ambio, 2021
Roman LA, Conway TM, Eisenman TS, Koeser AK, Ordóñez Barona C, Locke DH, Jenerette GD, Östberg J, Vogt J.   +8 more
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Questioning policy, youth participation and lifestyle sports [PDF]

, 2014
Young people have been identified as a key target group for whom participation in sport and physical activity could have important benefits to health and wellbeing and consequently have been the focus of several government policies to increase ...
Andrew Church, Beal B., Bird W., Borden I., Boyatzis R. E., Chavez D. J., Chivers Yochim E., Church A., Cooper G., Crang M., Crosset T., Crouch D., Dougill A. J., EKOS Ltd. &, Hall Aitken &, Henwood K., Hollenhorst S., Ingham A. G., Katherine King, Lanagan D., Louv R., Marshall C., Mintel, Nichols G., O’Brien E., Riddoch C., Rinehart R. E., Rinehart R. E., Shields R., Tomlinson A., Valentine G., Ward Thompson C., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wolcott H. F.   +38 more
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