Abstract
The carbon storage function is an important ecosystem service negatively affected by land-use changes. Recently, the establishment and management of protected areas have emerged as a policy tool for climate change mitigation. As such, this study attempts to analyze the effect of Korea's development restriction zones (green belts, GBs) to suppress urban expansion and aid in climate change mitigation. The effect was analyzed by simulating future land use and carbon storage changes based on whether a GB was set up. The development regulatory and Free Development Scenarios were set as scenarios, and the results were compared. The analysis showed GBs affect carbon storage in two ways – carbon sink and urban growth inhibition. This study suggests that GB regions could contribute to climate change mitigation by serving as current carbon storage reservoirs and securing future carbon storage while also suppressing urban expansion, identified to be an existing function of the GBs.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 106600 |
| Journal | Resources, Conservation and Recycling |
| Volume | 187 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 Dec |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:TThe authors thank Woo-kyun Lee, Jinhyung Chon, Dong Kun Lee and Gregory S. Biging for advice on our study. his work was supported by the Korea Environment Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) through the Decision Support System Development Project for Environmental Impact Assessment, funded by the Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) (No. 2020002990009). This work was supported by a Korea University Grant. We would like to thank Editage ( www.editage.co.kr ) for English language editing.
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Keywords
- InVEST carbon model
- Land use change
- Protected area
- SLEUTH model
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Economics and Econometrics
