The Value of Green Infrastructure on Vacant and Residential Land in Roanoke, Virginia

dc.contributor.authorKim, Gunwooen
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Patrick A.en
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Daviden
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-20T18:53:02Zen
dc.date.available2017-07-20T18:53:02Zen
dc.date.issued2016-03-23en
dc.description.abstractUsing the City of Roanoke, Virginia as a study site, this paper quantifies the forest structure, ecosystem services and values of vacant and residential land. Single family residential land had more trees (1,683,000) than vacant land (210,000) due largely to the differences in land area (32.44 km² of vacant land vs. 57.94 km² residential). While the percentage of tree coverage was almost identical across land uses (30.6% in vacant to 32.3% in residential), the number of trees per ha is greater on residential land (290.3) than on vacant land (63.4). The average healthy leaf surface area on individual trees growing on vacant land was greater than that of individual trees on residential land. The fact that trees in vacant land were found to provide more ecosystem services per tree than residential trees was attributed to this leaf area difference. Trees on vacant land are growing in more natural conditions and there are more large trees per ha. Assessing the forest structure and ecosystem services of Roanoke’s vacant and residential land provides a picture of the current extent and condition of the vacant and residential land. Understanding these characteristics provides the information needed for improved management and utilization of urban vacant land and estimating green infrastructure value.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.citationKim, G.; Miller, P.; Nowak, D. The Value of Green Infrastructure on Vacant and Residential Land in Roanoke, Virginia. Sustainability 2016, 8, 296.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su8040296en
dc.identifier.issue8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/78383en
dc.identifier.volume2016en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjecturban forestryen
dc.subjectecosystem servicesen
dc.subjectgreen infrastructureen
dc.titleThe Value of Green Infrastructure on Vacant and Residential Land in Roanoke, Virginiaen
dc.title.serialSustainabilityen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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