This is an article collection published in Carbon Balance and Management.
Today, over half of the world's population live in urban areas and this is expected to rise to around 70% by 2050. With urbanization progressing ever more quickly, it is important to quantify the carbon emissions from urban areas and understand the underlying carbon dynamics to inform effective carbon mitigation strategies for cities and towns.
Towards that goal, this article collection presents novel research, methods and reviews on carbon fluxes in urban areas. This may include bleeding edge carbon measurement techniques (e.g. in situ, aircraft and remote-sensing), individual and ensemble modelling approaches, or improvements to carbon accounting (e.g. emission inventories) and uncertainty assessment, all within the context of urban areas in general, or applied to a specific urban region. Research of carbon fluxes (CO2, CH4, CO and other relevant species) from all levels of spatial and temporal scale is considered ans the series as a whole aims to integrate previous research to broaden its scale and build new consensus.
Submission Instructions
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have carefully read the submission guidelines for Carbon Balance and Management. The complete manuscript should be submitted through the Carbon Balance and Management submission system. To ensure that you submit to the correct article collection please select the appropriate article collection in the drop-down menu upon submission. In addition, indicate within your cover letter that you wish your manuscript to be considered as part of the article collection 'Urban Carbon Fluxes'. All submissions will undergo rigorous peer review and accepted articles will be published within the journal as a collection.
Edited by: Tomohiro Oda and Georgii Alexandrov