CONTRIBUTION OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION: ANKARA UNIVERSITY TANDOGAN CAMPUS CASE

DİLAVER Z., YÜKSEL Ü., Yilmaz F. C.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.26, sa.12, ss.7018-7024, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7018-7024
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Carbon storage, sequestration, climate change, Ankara University Tandogan Campus, URBAN HEAT-ISLAND, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, TROPICAL CITY, GREEN AREAS, TREES, PERFORMANCE, FOREST, SEQUESTRATION, VEGETATION, EMISSIONS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In recent years, trees have been one of the well studied organic carbon (C) pools in urban areas. As they are recognized as important storage sites for carbon dioxide (CO2), which constitutes the primary greenhouse gas, biological C sequestration in woody plants is suggested as a potential mitigation tool for C emission reduction in cities. Despite this significant contribution of trees, they are not benefited sufficiently in developing countries due mainly to the lack of tree inventory data in urban ecosystems (streets, parks etc.) and inadequate knowledge about their potential in C mitigation. The aim of this paper is to put forward quantitatively the C sequestration and storage of a campus area, which is an important semi-public green area in Ankara's city center.