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Assessing Urban Forest Effects and Values: Morgantown's Urban Forests - Softcover

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9781507568903: Assessing Urban Forest Effects and Values: Morgantown's Urban Forests
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1507568908 ISBN 13: 9781507568903
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

An analysis of the community forest in Morgantown, WV, was undertaken in 2004 to characterize the structural and functional attributes of this forest resource. The assessment revealed that this city has about 658,000 trees with canopies that cover 35.5 percent of the area. The most common tree species are sugar maple, black cherry, and hawthorn. The urban forest currently stores about 93,000 tons of carbon valued at $1.9 million. In addition, these trees remove about 2,900 tons of carbon per year ($60,000 per year), with trees and shrubs removing about 104 tons of air pollution per year ($711,000 per year). Trees in Morgantown are estimated to reduce annual residential energy costs by $380,000 per year. The structural, or compensatory, value is estimated at $488 million.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1507568908
ISBN 13 
9781507568903
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
30