Table 4. Properties of pavement elements related to biotope area ratio

Type ID Space type Family name* Underground condition Soil depth Permeability coefficient** Weight*** Material layers
1 Natural ground green area • Natural ground green area Natural 1.0 • Greenery material on the top
2 Artificial ground green area • Artificial ground green area Artificial 90cm≦depth 0.7 • Artificial soil, permeable sheet, aggregate layer
40cm≦depth<90cm 0.6
10cm≦depth<40cm 0.5
3 Water space • Water impermeable Artificial 0.7 • Gravel, soil, felt, EPDM sheet
4 Partial pavement • Stepping stone paving Natural 0.5 • Stepping stone, sand, rubble
Artificial 0.5×0.7
5 Permeable pavement on entire surface • Permeability block paving • Masato paving • Sand paving Natural Class I 0.4 • Permeability block paving (Ascon, sand, rubble) • Masato paving (Rough sand, rubble) • Sand paving (Sand)
Class II 0.3
Artificial Class I 0.4×0.7
Class II 0.3×0.7
6 Pavement with cracked surface • Wood deck pavement Natural 0.2 • Wood deck pavement (Hardwood, concrete, rubble)
Artificial 0.2×0.7
7 Linked area to rainwater storage & infiltration facilities • Linked area to rainwater storage & infiltration facilities 0.3
8 Pavement area • Pavement 0 • Asphalt, rubble, sand
The list of the family names is only for this specific case. It could be added and modified
Permeability coefficient: Class I ≧ 1mm/sec, Class II ≧ 0.5mm/sec
The weights and application of space types based ⌜Application guidelines on biotop area ratio (Ministry of Environment, 2016) ⌟