Surface Soil Carbon Storage in Urban Green Spaces in Three Major South Korean Cities
- Authors
- Yoon, Tae Kyung; Seo, Kyung Won; Park, Gwan Soo; Son, Yeong Mo; Son, Yowhan
- Issue Date
- 6월-2016
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- park; riverside; roadside; settlement; soil carbon sequestration
- Citation
- FORESTS, v.7, no.6
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- FORESTS
- Volume
- 7
- Number
- 6
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/88538
- DOI
- 10.3390/f7060115
- ISSN
- 1999-4907
- Abstract
- Quantifying and managing carbon (C) storage in urban green space (UGS) soils is associated with the ecosystem services necessary for human well-being and the national C inventory report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Here, the soil C stocks at 30-cm depths in different types of UGS's (roadside, park, school forest, and riverside) were studied in three major South Korean cities that have experienced recent, rapid development. The total C of 666 soil samples was analyzed, and these results were combined with the available UGS inventory data. Overall, the mean soil bulk density, C concentration, and C density at 30-cm depths were 1.22 g.cm(-3), 7.31 g.C . kg(-1), and 2.13 kg.C . m(-2), respectively. The UGS soil C stock (Gg.C) at 30-cm depths was 105.6 for Seoul, 43.6 for Daegu, and 26.4 for Daejeon. The lower C storage of Korean UGS soils than those of other countries is due to the low soil C concentration and the smaller land area under UGS. Strategic management practices that augment the organic matter supply in soil are expected to enhance C storage in South Korean UGS soils.
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