A new approach for estimating carbon stocks in urban landscapes

Friday, February 24, 2023
Aerial view of Homer Watson Park

Co-Principal Investigator Derek Robinson’s latest research explores using an inventory approach to quantify land carbon stocks in urban areas, using the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo region as its study area.

Read the full journal article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866723000493, Robinson, D.T., Zhang, J., MacDonald D., and Samon, C. “Estimating Settlement carbon stock and density using an inventory approach and quantifying their variation by land use and parcel size”. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 82 (2023), article 127878, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127878.