The Analysis and Solution Suggestions of Soil Environment Problems of Two Sites in Melbourne

Yujia Zhou; Cunyi Xie

doi:10.23977/erej.2023.070407

The Analysis and Solution Suggestions of Soil Environment Problems of Two Sites in Melbourne

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Yujia Zhou ¹, Cunyi Xie ²

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¹ Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China
² Microbial Research Institute of Liaoning Province, Chaoyang, Liaoning, 122000, China

Corresponding Author

Yujia Zhou

ABSTRACT

The soil in cities often suffers from industrial pollution or structural changes due to construction and human activities. This soil often presents different problems for growing plants, such as insufficient nutrition or difficult drainage. This essay as the current situation of The University Square and The Sanctuary Lakes Parks as examples, has analyzed the soil environment problems of the two places for growing plants, and has given some solution suggestions. The University Square has problems with water shortage and difficult irrigation. It was proposed to remove some trees and replace the remaining tree by other varieties. Corymbia maculate is more suitable planted in the square than Ulmus procera because the former can reduce the water requirement in the square. In order to be more efficient and economical, irrigation can be combined with the recycling water and stormwater harvesting system. The soil of the seven parks of The Sanctuary Lakes Parks is difficult to grow plants. It was found after calculation that the PH of these parks were higher than ideal PH value, the electrical conductivity were high, and the cation exchange capacity were very low. The soils in the parks were strongly sodic and had low microelements, the Ca/Mg ratio were unbalanced in most parks. It is suggested that some peat or pinebark can be added in soil to reduce the PH, while mixing some clay and organic matter in the soil can increase the soil nutrient and improve the soil texture.

KEYWORDS

Soil; Water; Nutrient; The University Square; The Sanctuary Lakes Parks

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Yujia Zhou, Cunyi Xie, The Analysis and Solution Suggestions of Soil Environment Problems of Two Sites in Melbourne. Environment, Resource and Ecology Journal (2023) Vol. 7: 61-70. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/erej.2023.070407.

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