Porosity With Stone Biochar and Compost

Bjorn Embren, 2019-09-30

Fachverband Pflanzenkohle (Association for Biochar)

Talks about the soil composition in urban areas and research being carried out in the domain. Soils of about 40% porosity. The most important aspect is the porosity for gas exchange which would help the trees to grow better. The Stockholm solution is an engineered nature-based solution that uses biochar. The structural soil is composed to take the pedestrian traffics as well. The technology has been derived in such a way that the pits leave room for the drainage lines to go across and both systems coexist.

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Tags: Stockholm, urban trees, urban soils