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FOREST RESOURCES WANAGEMENT ›› 2017›› Issue (2): 65-73.doi: 10.13466/j.cnki.lyzygl.2017.02.012

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The Carbon Footprint Accounting and Assessment of Urban Green Space —Taking Guangzhou as an Example

HUANG Liujing1(), ZHANG Ying2, DENG Yirong3, LIN Lili1, LIU Xingzhao1, XIAO Rongbo3()   

  1. 1. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,College of Art & College of Landscape Architecture,Fuzhou 350002,China;
    2. Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan 430070,China
    3. Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science,Guangzhou 510045,China
  • Received:2016-11-10 Revised:2017-03-14 Online:2017-04-28 Published:2020-10-10
  • Contact: XIAO Rongbo E-mail:huanglj@fafu.edu.cn;ecoxiaorb@163.com

Abstract:

Since the urban green space can accumulate organic carbon by photo synthetic,but green space itself will also produce carbon emissions.This increases the difficulty of quantifying urban green space as carbon sinks.With Guangzhou City as an example in this research,the characteristics of urban green spaces and their impact system were revealed,the assessment method for the carbon footprint in the urban green spaces was established,and the contribution of planning and management measures to aggregate carbon reception and emission in urban green spaces was determined.The research results indicated that the carbon reserve in the vegetation and soil in the 7 research zones including green spaces on the roads and in the parks were -0.66~11.22kg C/m 2 and 1.65~8.35kgC/m 2 respectively,and the carbon emission in the phase of construction,management and maintenance were 0.63~1.78kgC/m 2 and 0.01~0.71kgC/(m 2·a)respectively.The total footprint in 7 research zones was -0.263~1.99 kgC/m 2.The characteristics of carbon sinks in the parks and the characteristics of carbon emissions on the roads were mostly different.The carbon sinks or emissions of urban green spaces will change with the increase of age.Based on the results,the influence of planning design for green spaces on carbon reception and emission is analyzed and the scientific and low-carbon managerial and regulatory measures for green spaces are put forward.

Key words: urban green space, carbon storage, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, low carbon design, management and planning

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