Geospatial assessment of regional scale bioenergy production potential on marginal and degraded land

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Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights?20% of land in the metro region surrounding Boston, USA can be classified as marginal or degraded.?Marginal land was distributed regionally, with slightly higher prevalence toward the urban core.?Bioenergy grown on regional marginal land could supply all of Boston’s heating needs.?Short-rotation hybrid poplar has the highest projected yields and bioenergy potential.AbstractThis study presents a GIS-based model developed for urban site-specific bioenergy production potential on marginal land parcels. The model is applied on a metropolitan region level, enco