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Table 4 Annual net CO2 fluxes (Fc) from suburban and urban residential areas in the literature

From: Comparative assessment of net CO2 exchange across an urbanization gradient in Korea based on eddy covariance measurements

Location

Vegetation fraction, Fv (%)

Population density, P (inh km−2)

Fc (kg CO2 m−2 year−1)

Fc/P (t C year−1 inh−1)

References

Seoul, Korea

40

15,000

10.1

0.18

This study

Ochang, Korea

64

770

3.7

1.31

This study

Tokyo, Japan

21

11,800

12.3

0.28

[52]

Tokyo, Japan

5.5a

16,600

15.8

0.26

[55]

Beijing, China

15

1309

18.0

3.75

[58]

Singapore

15

7491

6.5

0.24

[53]

Melbourne, Australia

38

2939

8.5

0.79

[5]

Helsinki, Finland

44

3262

6.5

0.54

[54]

Arnhem, Netherlands

12

8425

29.3

0.95

[48]

Swindon, UK

44

4700

6.4

0.37

[7]

Vancouver, Canada

35

6420

24.6

1.05

[56]

Montreal, Canada (URB)

29

8400

20.4

0.66

[6]

Montreal, Canada (SUB)

50

3150

5.2

0.45

Baltimore, USA

67

1500

1.3

0.24

[61]

  1. aVegetation fractions in summer and winter are equally averaged