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Abstract

In this paper, the effect of urban forest as a possible requisite for citizen’s well-being on one of the ecological functions, PM10 reduction, was analyzed. Seoul Forest located in Seoul, was a study site and is a flat and open place. PM10 data were collected from September to October 2017 for analyzing the difference with time between two sites by height of sensor – Family Park and Seongdong-gu air pollution monitoring station, and from November 2017 to January 2018 for the difference between three sites by vegetation structure – Eco Park, Family Park and a residential area. The results showed the PM10 concentration of Family Park with lower height of the sensor was higher than the other, and that of Eco Park with the densest vegetation cover was the lowest among the sample sites. While a future research on relationship between PM10 related to urban forest is needed considering the effects of various meteorological parameters, it is anticipated that a systematic approach to analyzing the correlation between PM10 and urban forest based on the outputs from this research.