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Quality Assessment of the Soils Used for Urban Agriculture in Seoul and its Vicinity

  • Lim, Ga-Hee (Department of Environment Horticulture, University of Seoul) ;
  • Park, Sol-Yi (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management Branch Institute, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jeon, Da-Som (Department of Environment Horticulture, University of Seoul) ;
  • Yoon, Jung-Hwan (Department of Environment Horticulture, University of Seoul) ;
  • Lee, Dan-Bi (Department of Environment Horticulture, University of Seoul) ;
  • Oh, Jun-Seok (Department of Environment Horticulture, University of Seoul) ;
  • Kim, Kye-Hoon (Department of Environment Horticulture, University of Seoul)
  • 투고 : 2016.10.21
  • 심사 : 2016.10.28
  • 발행 : 2016.10.31

초록

Soil quality assessment is an important tool for environmental management in an agricultural field. It can be used to evaluate the health of the soils and to establish the basis for sustainable urban agriculture and soil management. For this study, the chemical properties of the soils used for urban agriculture were examined. Results of the soil analysis for chemical properties were applied to soil quality assessment system, which is composed of principal component analysis, application to scoring function and derivation of soil quality index (SQI). Soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), organic matter (OM), total nitrogen (T-N) were determined for minimum data set (MDS) according to principal component analysis. Based on the results of scoring for four indicators (pH, EC, OM, T-N), soil pH was the indicator that needs the most urgent management. Results of SQI derivation showed that many of the urban farms appeared to be insufficient score in comprehensive soil quality assessment. In conclusion, soil management practices based on scores derived from soil chemical indicators need to be carried out to maintain sustainable urban agricultural soil environment and to provide easy-to-understand information to urban farmers.

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