Soil Characteristics and Management in an Urban Park in Hong Kong
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Management
- Vol. 22 (5) , 683-695
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s002679900139
Abstract
3 threshold. With diminished porosity, transmission of air and water, storage of plant-available moisture, and root growth suffer. Chemically, the samples have an unnatural alkaline pH; inadequate organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, exchangeable cations; and limited cation exchange capacity. The results can help park-soil management, including the need to evaluate soil in planned park sites, salvage high-grade soil parcels, prevent construction damage, ameliorate structure by mechanical operations and suitable amendments, and replace site soil of very poor quality. Edaphic problems can be forestalled or solved by treating soil as an integral component of park planning and management based on scientific principles and methods.Keywords
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