Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.9715/KILA.2012.40.5.160

Carbon Storage and Uptake by Deciduous Tree Species for Urban Landscape  

Jo, Hyun-Kil (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Kangwon National University)
Ahn, Tae-Won (Plant Environmental Research Station, Suppro Nursery Co., Ltd.)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture / v.40, no.5, 2012 , pp. 160-168 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study generated regression models to estimate the carbon storage and uptake from the urban deciduous landscape trees through a direct harvesting method, and established essential information to quantify carbon reduction from urban greenspace. Tree species for the study included Acer palmatum, Zelkova serrata, Prunus yedoensis, and Ginkgo biloba, which are usually planted as urban landscape trees. Tree individuals for each species were sampled reflecting various diameter sizes at a given interval. The study measured biomass for each part including the roots of sample trees to compute the total carbon storage per tree. Annual carbon uptake per tree was quantified by analyzing radial growth rates of stem samples at breast height. The study then derived a regression model easily applicable in estimating carbon storage and uptake per tree for the 4 species by using diameter at breast height(dbh) as an independent variable. All the regression models showed high fitness with $r^2$ values of 0.94~0.99. Carbon storage and uptake per tree and their differences between diameter classes increased as the diameter sizes got larger. The carbon storage and uptake tended to be greatest with Zelkova serrata in the same diameter sizes, followed by Prunus yedoensis and Ginkgo biloba in order. A Zelkova serrata tree with 15cm in dbh stored about 54kg of carbon and annually sequestered 7 kg, based on a regression model for the species. The study has broken new grounds to overcome limitations of the past studies which substituted, due to a difficulty in direct cutting and root digging of urban landscape trees, coefficients from the forest trees such as biomass expansion factors, ratios of below ground/above ground biomass, and diameter growth rates. Study results can be useful as a tool or skill to evaluate carbon reduction by landscape trees in urban greenspace projects of the government.
Keywords
Direct Harvesting; Carbon Reduction; Regression Models; Biomass; Urban Greenspace;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 1  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 국립산림과학원(2007) 산림 바이오매스 및 토양탄소 조사․분석 표준.
2 국립산림과학원(2010a) 도시녹지 온실가스 인벤토리: 서울시를 대상으로. 국립산림과학원 연구보고. pp. 10-19.
3 국립산림과학원(2010b) 산림 온실가스 인벤토리를 위한 주요 수종별 탄소배출계수. 국립산림과학원 연구보고. pp. 10-25.
4 농업과학기술원(2000) 토양 및 식물체 분석법.
5 박은진, 강규이(2010) 경기도 도시가로수의탄소저장량과연간이산화탄 소 흡수량 산정. 한국환경생태학회지 24(5): 591-600.
6 박인협, 김준선(1989) 한국산 4개 지역형 소나무천연림의 물질현존량 추정식에 관한 연구. 한국임학회지 78(3): 323-330.
7 박인협, 이석면(1990) 한국산 4개 지역형 소나무 천연림의 물질생산에 관한 연구. 한국임학회지 79(2): 196-204.
8 방광자, 이종석(1995) 우리나라 조경 수목의 식재 분포에 관한 연구. 한국조경학회지 23(1): 67-94.
9 손영모, 이경학, 정영교(1997) 비선형 생장함수를 이용한 임분생장 추정. 한국임학회지 86(2): 135-145.
10 송칠영, 장관순, 박관수, 이승우(1997) 신갈나무와 굴참나무 천연림의 탄소고정량 분석. 한국임학회지 86(1): 35-45.
11 정성호, 최문길, 이근수(1983) 중부지방 주요활엽수의 직경성장에 관한 조사연구. 한국임학회지 60: 24-29.
12 조현길, 이경재, 권전오(1998a) 서울시의 토지이용 및 녹지구조. 환경생태학회지 12(1): 30-41.
13 조현길, 이기의, 윤영활, 서옥하(1998b) 강원도 일부 도시들의 토지이용 및 녹지구조. 한국조경학회지 25(4): 171-183.
14 조현길(1999) 강원도 일부도시의 경관내 탄소흡수 및 배출과 도시녹지의 역할. 한국조경학회지 27(1): 39-53.
15 조현길, 안태원(2000) 자연생태계 수목의 생장에 따른 탄소저장 및 흡수량 지표. 한국환경생태학회지 14(3): 175-182.
16 조현길, 안태원(2001) 도시 침엽수에 의한 연간 $CO_{2}$ 흡수 및 대기정화-소나무와 잣나무를 대상으로. 한국환경생태학회지 15(2): 118-124.
17 조현길, 조동하(1998) 도시 주요조경수종의 연간 $CO_{2}$ 흡수. 한국조경학회지 26(2): 38-53.
18 한국조경학회(2007) 조경설계기준. 서울: 기문당.
19 Chow, P. and G. L. Rolfe(1989) Carbon and hydrogen contents of short rotation biomass of five hardwood species. Wood and Fiber Science 21(1): 30-36.
20 Ajtay, L. L., P. Ketner and P. Duvigneaud(1979) Terrestrial production and phytomass. In Bolin, B., E. T. Degens, S. Kempe, and P. Ketner, eds., The Global Carbon Cycle, SCOPE Report No.13 New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 129-181.
21 Nowak, D. J. and D. E. Crane(2002) Carbon storage and sequestration by urban trees in the USA. Environmental Pollution 116: 381-389.   DOI   ScienceOn
22 Ovington, J. D.(1956) The composition of tree leaves. Forestry (British Journal) 29: 22-29.
23 Pingrey, D. W.(1976) Forest products energy overview. In Energy and the Wood Products Industry. Madison, WI: Forest Products Research Society. pp. 1-14.
24 Reichle, D. E., B. E. Dinger, N. T. Edwards, W. F. Harris and P. Sollins(1973) Carbon flow and storage in a forest ecosystem. In Woodwell, G. M. and E. V. Pecan, eds., Carbon and the Biosphere. Proceedings of the 24th Brookhaven Symposium in Biology. Upton, NY: US Atomic Energy Commission, Office of Information Services. pp. 345-365.
25 Whittaker, R. H. and P. L. Marks(1975) Methods of assessing terrestrial productivity. In Lieth, H. and R. H. Whittaker, eds., Primary Productivity of the Biosphere. New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 55-118.
26 http://co2.kemco.or.kr
27 http://www.climateactionreserve.org/how/protocols
28 http://www.forest.go.kr
29 http://www.fs.fed.us/ccrc/topics/urban-forests