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Isabella C Richmond1, Michael A Paulauskas1, Erica Padvaiskas1
1Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
概括
城市公园的历史性土地利用影响森林结构和降温效益,不成比例地影响边缘化社区. 管理策略必须平衡白天和夜间的冷却,以便公平地获得城市绿色空间.
科学领域:
- 城市生态城市生态学
- 环境正义 环境正义
- 森林生态 森林生态
背景情况:
- 城市公园提供了必要的生态系统服务,但它们在各种历史用地类型上的发展使公平的利益分配变得复杂.
- 了解过去土地使用的遗产对于评估当前的城市生态系统功能和未来规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究历史土地利用 (农业,林业,工业) 对蒙特利尔公园森林结构,多样性和冷却能力的影响.
- 根据历史的土地使用情况,检查公园周围社区的社会人口结构差异,以及它们对获得冷却效益的公平获取的影响.
主要方法:
- 评估了33个蒙特利尔公园的森林结构,多样性和冷却效应,这些公园具有不同的历史土地用途.
- 分析了与公园历史用地和冷却能力相关的社区社会人口统计数据.
主要成果:
- 公园的森林结构和冷却能力随着历史的土地使用而有很大变化,显示出复杂的关系.
- 以前的工业园区在夜间冷却减少,并且经常与边缘化社区 (移民,低收入) 邻近.
- 日间冷却在历史的土地使用中是一致的,这强调了当前管理的重要性.
结论:
- 历史的土地利用导致了环境不公正,影响了冷却能力和公平获得生态系统服务.
- 需要采用各种树木大小和密度的混合管理策略,以获得最佳的白天和夜间冷却.
- 城市绿色基础设施是由社会生态动态塑造的,需要社区主导的倡议和社会住房政策来解决 gentrification 和确保公平的利益.
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