Estimating CO2 balance through the Life Cycle Assessment prism: A case – Study in an urban park

Urban context and neighbouring lands: how reforestation could have a role in the implementation of Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans

“…Finally, trees carbon uptake in absolute terms (tC/ha) and annual rate (tC/(ha  yr)) have been quantified following the IPCC approach [16], by multiplying respectively the values of ABG and CAI by the Carbon Fraction (CF) that represent the portion of carbon inside the biomass (Table 3). [4], [22] suggest values for biomass in the range 0.5-2 tC/(ha  yr).…”

“…Introduction Urban areas are responsible for almost 80% of total GHG [1], so recognising the central role of Municipalities, the importance of the sustainable energy action plans (SEAPs) and subsequent sustainable energy and climate action plans (SECAPs) [2]. To reduce the majority of GHG emissions, interventions should be used in urban context and the most important one appears to be the reforestation [3], [4]. According to the Paris Agreement about the safeguard limit of 450 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere, forests are the green lung of the world and play an important role in climate mitigation limiting the rise of mean temperature below 2°C [5].…”

Circular utilization of urban tree waste contributes to the mitigation of climate change and eutrophication

“…7,14,15 Several studies have evaluated the potential environmental benefits of utilizing urban tree waste. 3,6,11,12,16 Most of them have quantified the carbon storage changes in urban forests or the carbon footprint of varied urban tree waste management (e.g., landfill and incineration). 3,6,11,12,16 However, few studies have systematically quantified and compared the life-cycle emissions of products made from urban tree waste with the counterpart products made from virgin materials.…”

“…3,6,11,12,16 Most of them have quantified the carbon storage changes in urban forests or the carbon footprint of varied urban tree waste management (e.g., landfill and incineration). 3,6,11,12,16 However, few studies have systematically quantified and compared the life-cycle emissions of products made from urban tree waste with the counterpart products made from virgin materials. Substantial variabilities throughout the life cycle of waste-derived and virgin-materialbased products affect the environmental benefits of diverse urban tree waste utilization pathways, which have not been explored previously.…”

Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Using Space Syntax: A Case Study of Urban Parks in the South of Brazil

“…The positive factors to the development of urban spaces, which generate factors of urban sustainability, are challenged by the premise of using urban spaces properly [7,8]. Thus, it is considered that urban parks need to be analyzed through walkability in order to design urban projects aimed at their maintenance and conservation [6,[9][10][11][12].…”