Greening Rail Infrastructure for Carbon Benefits

Blair, J; Roldan, C; Ghosh, S; Yung, SH

Greening Rail Infrastructure for Carbon Benefits

Blair, J Roldan, C Ghosh, S

Yung, SH

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Procedia Engineering, 2017, 180 pp. 1716 - 1724
Issue Date:: 2017-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Blair, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Roldan, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ghosh, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-9329	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yung, SH	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Procedia Engineering, 2017, 180 pp. 1716 - 1724	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/123517
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 The Authors. Metropolitan Sydney has a network of rail corridors almost 400 kilometers in length, which vary in width from narrow cuttings to wide easements. With an appropriate selection of vegetation species, these corridors can be used to offset carbon emissions from railway operations. Simultaneously, the plantings will improve air quality, reduce pollution and storm water flows, ameliorate urban heating deliver biodiversity gains and improve urban design and property values. A pilot study was carried out on a representative section of one of the major rail lines in Sydney in 2016. A detailed inventory of vegetation on the selected site was obtained through a field survey and a variety of tools were used including i-Tree Eco to benchmark current carbon sequestration and storage (CS&S) levels. Study outcomes include the existing carbon capacity of the rail corridor's above-ground (and substrate) biomass and air pollution reduction. It also presents estimates of CS&S potential by identifying future planting areas within the pilot study corridor. These results are valuable for infrastructure policy formulation directed towards carbon emissions as well as securing the co-benefits noted above.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Procedia Engineering	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.334	en_US
dc.title	Greening Rail Infrastructure for Carbon Benefits	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	180	en_US
utslib.for	120504 Land Use and Environmental Planning	en_US
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	180	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 The Authors. Metropolitan Sydney has a network of rail corridors almost 400 kilometers in length, which vary in width from narrow cuttings to wide easements. With an appropriate selection of vegetation species, these corridors can be used to offset carbon emissions from railway operations. Simultaneously, the plantings will improve air quality, reduce pollution and storm water flows, ameliorate urban heating deliver biodiversity gains and improve urban design and property values. A pilot study was carried out on a representative section of one of the major rail lines in Sydney in 2016. A detailed inventory of vegetation on the selected site was obtained through a field survey and a variety of tools were used including i-Tree Eco to benchmark current carbon sequestration and storage (CS&S) levels. Study outcomes include the existing carbon capacity of the rail corridor's above-ground (and substrate) biomass and air pollution reduction. It also presents estimates of CS&S potential by identifying future planting areas within the pilot study corridor. These results are valuable for infrastructure policy formulation directed towards carbon emissions as well as securing the co-benefits noted above.

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