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DOI	10.1016/j.scs.2019.101653
	West African Sahelian cities as source of carbon stocks: Evidence from Niger
	Moussa S.; Kyereh B.; Tougiani A.; Kuyah S.; Saadou M.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	22106707
卷号	50
英文摘要	The need for sustainable cities under a changing climate calls for intensive research on the role of urban forests in climate change mitigation. This study estimated the carbon stocks and carbon emission factors in Niamey and Maradi. Stratified random sampling approach was used for the urban forests inventory. Biomass was estimated using the generalized model. Stock-difference method was used for the carbon emission factor. Focusing on woody plants with a diameter at breast height > 5 cm, 2,027 stems (78 species) were measured in Niamey and 2,456 stems (90 species) were measured in Maradi. The mean carbon stock was 31.63 (15.63, 47.64) in Niamey and 58.30 (13.10, 103.50) t/ha in Maradi. The mean carbon stock was significantly different in each city (p < 0.05) across land use types. The results show that the conversion of peri-urban forests into the urban forest in any of the land use types is associated with carbon gain. This study illustrated the potential benefits of accounting for urban forest carbon stocks within Sahel cities under rapid urbanization. This study recommends that the urban forest carbon stocks should be included in climate change mitigation in Niger. Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Carbon neutrality; Eco-urbanization; Sustainable cities; Urban forest
scopus关键词	Carbon; Climate change; Land use; Carbon emission factors; Carbon neutralities; Climate change mitigation; Diameter-at-breast heights; Eco-urbanization; Stratified random sampling; Sustainable cities; Urban forests; Forestry
来源期刊	Sustainable Cities and Society
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/176169
作者单位	West African Science Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Department of Silviculture and Forest Management, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Département de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN), Niamey, Niger; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya; Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo Maradi, BP: 465, Maradi, Niger
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moussa S.,Kyereh B.,Tougiani A.,et al. West African Sahelian cities as source of carbon stocks: Evidence from Niger[J],2019,50.
APA	Moussa S.,Kyereh B.,Tougiani A.,Kuyah S.,&Saadou M..(2019).West African Sahelian cities as source of carbon stocks: Evidence from Niger.Sustainable Cities and Society,50.
MLA	Moussa S.,et al."West African Sahelian cities as source of carbon stocks: Evidence from Niger".Sustainable Cities and Society 50(2019).