Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban residential environment – A review
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A2 Katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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Date
2022-09
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en
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12
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Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 84
Abstract
Cities are hotspots of anthropogenic activity and consumption. Thus, the consumption-based carbon footprints of their residents are pronounced. However, the beneficial climate impacts attributable to individual residents, such as carbon sequestration and storage (CSS) provided by residential green spaces and housing, have received less attention in the scientific literature. This review article presents an overview of the current research on the urban residential environment's CSS potential and argues for its inclusion in the so-called carbon handprint potential of individual consumers. The focus of existing research is on developed countries, and in empirical studies the absence of compiling literature presents a clear research gap. Most current potential is estimated to lie within the carbon pools of residential vegetation, soils and wooden construction, with biochar and other biogenic construction materials presenting key future development pathways. The underlying background variables guiding the formation of a residential carbon pool were identified as extremely complex and interconnected, broadly classified into spatial, temporal and socioeconomic factor categories. Our findings suggest that there is significant potential for growth in the residential CSS capacity, but substantial efforts from the scientific community, urban planners and policy-makers, and individual residents themselves are needed to realise this.Description
Funding Information: The study was funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland (Co-Carbon 335201; 336238). Publisher Copyright: © 2022
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Built environment, Carbon handprint, Carbon sink, Climate change, Residential, Urban
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Kinnunen, A, Talvitie, I, Ottelin, J, Heinonen, J & Junnila, S 2022, ' Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban residential environment – A review ', Sustainable Cities and Society, vol. 84, 104027 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.104027
