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A new carbon and oxygen balance model based on ecological service of urban vegetation

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The application of human induced oxygen consumption and carbon emission theory in urban region was summed up and on this base a new model of urban carbon and oxygen balance (UCOB) was constructed by calculating the carbon and oxygen fluxes. The purpose was to highlight the role of vegetation in urban ecosystems and evaluate the effects of various human activities on urban annual oxygen consumption and carbon emission. Hopefully, the model would be helpful in theory to keep the regional balance of carbon and oxygen, and provide guidance and support for urban vegetation planning in the future. To test the UCOB model, the Jimei District of Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China, a very typical urban region, was selected as a case study. The results turn out that Jimei’s vegetation service in oxygen emission and carbon sequestration could not meet the demand of the urban population, and more than 31.49 times of vegetation area should be added to meet the whole oxygen consumption in Jimei while 9.60 times of vegetation area are needed to meet the carbon sequestration targets. The results show that the new UCOB model is of a great potential to be applied to quantitative planning of urban vegetation and regional eco-compensation mechanisms.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Kai Yin, Qianjun Zhao, Xuanqi Li, Shenghui Cui & Tao Lin

  2. Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Kai Yin & Xuanqi Li

  3. Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Qianjun Zhao

  4. Institute of Spatial Information Technology, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, 361024, China

    Lizhong Hua

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of Key Direction in Knowledge Innovation Programs of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZCX2-YW-450, KZCX2-YW-422)

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Yin, K., Zhao, Q., Li, X. et al. A new carbon and oxygen balance model based on ecological service of urban vegetation. Chin. Geogr. Sci. 20, 144–151 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-010-0144-7

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