Estimation of CO&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt; Sequestration in Residential District in Matsudo City of Chiba Prefecture

Nakamura, Yuji; Nojima, Yoshiteru; Okada, Jun; Yanai, Sigeto; Maruta, Yorikazu

doi:10.5632/jila.63.539

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“…For example, Ichimura (2006) estimated that the C fixation rate of trees in urban parks was 2.2 Mg C ha -1 year -1 . Nakamura et al (2000) estimated that the C content and fixation rate in a park in Matsudo City (Chiba prefecture) were approximately 5.6 kg C m -2 and 0.9 kg C m -2 year -1 , respectively. However, some earlier studies possibly underestimated urban parks as C sinks, because they included plants but excluded soil.…”

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Carbon content of soil in urban parks in Tokyo, Japan

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Because of difficulties in estimating the carbon fixation rate, we alternatively investigated the C content of the soil in 19 urban parks in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The C content of the soil under three vegetation types was measured: grassland/turf (''turf''); tree-planting area with plant management (with weeding and removal of fallen leaves) (''tree-planting area''); coppice or tree-planting area without plant management (''coppice''); bare land was used as control. Average C contents of turf, tree-planting area and coppice were about 82, 79 and 120 Mg-C ha -1 , respectively, and were larger than the C content of trees in an urban park, as estimated in previous studies. The results indicate that the soils of urban parks function as a C sink.

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