Landscape Design for Carbon Sequestration: A framework for design, installation, and management of complex adaptive landscapes for carbon sequestration
| dc.contributor.author | Lynn, Deanna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-24T19:04:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-24T19:04:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-03-24 | |
| dc.description | Committee Chair: Bart Johnson | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Landscape architects have the potential to contribute to climate change mitigation through natural climate solutions that sequester carbon in ecosystems. However, landscape architects lack resources on how to design landscapes for carbon sequestration and, in particular, soil carbon sequestration. I address these gaps by translating and interpreting the scientific literature to create an actionable framework for landscape architects. The framework consists of principles, strategies, and actions for design, installation, and management of landscapes for carbon sequestration. A key recommendation is that increasing the functional diversity of plants increases the potential carbon sequestration of the landscape by increasing its productivity and resilience. Additionally, plant functional diversity supports the soil microbial ecosystem, which is key to longterm soil carbon storage. This framework emphasizes that designing landscapes for carbon sequestration should prioritize belowground carbon dynamics and the functioning of the whole landscape system. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/26127 | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon theses, Landscape Architecture Program, M.S.; | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Carbon Sequestration | en_US |
| dc.subject | Climate Change | en_US |
| dc.subject | Landscape Architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Natural Climate Solutions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Complex Adaptive Systems | en_US |
| dc.title | Landscape Design for Carbon Sequestration: A framework for design, installation, and management of complex adaptive landscapes for carbon sequestration | en_US |
| dc.type | Terminal Project | en_US |