Urban Tree Carbon Budgets for Shihezi City Parks, Roadsides, and Residential Areas

A 33.6 KB dataset by Ruijing Zhang, last updated April 24, 2026, provides data for biomass equations and carbon calculations. It contains results from a life cycle assessment of main tree species in Shihezi City, comparing carbon storage and emissions across three urban green space types.

Use Cases

• Modeling net carbon sequestration of urban tree species based on per-tree carbon storage and emission values.
• Comparing life cycle carbon budgets across different green space types (parks, roadsides, residential areas).
• Identifying tree species with positive carbon budgets under current management practices.
• Analyzing the contribution of irrigation and other maintenance processes to total carbon emissions.

Strengths

• Includes specific carbon storage values per tree for parks (366.78 kgC), roadsides (305.59 kgC), and residential areas (236.39 kgC).
• Identifies Ulmus pumila as the species with the highest per-tree carbon storage (595.39 kgC).
• Quantifies carbon emissions per tree across green space types and identifies irrigation as the main emission source (>50%).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is limited to a single city (Shihezi), which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Ruijing Zhang.

Collection Method

Calculated using biomass equation and emission factor methods based on life cycle assessment.

Time Range

Study period not specified in metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 17:29:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shihezi City, China.