Table 4. Street tree material conditions by city

Item Seoul Lebanon OR Yokohama Paris
Law, standards & manual 「Creation and Management of urban forest act」Seoul metropolitan government construction specification 「Code of Ordinance」Lebanon Ordinance No. 2913: 1Street tree policy and Potential street tree guide

Quality dimensional standards for public trees

Civil engineering work common specifications

Road greening technical standards

Park Green Space Facility Standard design collection

Travaux de plantation des arbres et arbustes

Produits de pépinières. NF V : 12.

Paris land use plan

Conditions factors Suitable for climate and soilHarmony with the landscapeHistory and cultureLocalityPublic healthEnvironmental, climate control

well-developed branches and root systems

Healthy, vigorous, free from decay, defects, sunscald injuries, etc

Beautiful scenery

Comfort

Enhance road and local value

Safety, proper maintenance and harmony

Harmony with the landscape

Climate control

Biodiversity

Local species

Quality of size and standard Root ball size ≧ 4RDBM or R

DBM : 10cm ≦ N (in big tree trail : 12cm≦N)

R : 12cm ≦ N / H : 3.5m ≦ N

Root balls size (Americanhorts, 2014) 1½~2 caliper tree diameter

Height, spread, diameter

Root ball size by Height(Yokohama, 2022)

Root ball size must not be less than 3 times trunk diameter at 1m from the ground

Age, number of branch, Size, etc(by Type of plants)

Acceptable street tree list KFS(2020c)(No legal status) Lebanon OR(2002)-75 species(Only trees)-Max Height & Spread-Under overhead utility(Y/N)

MLIT(2004)

156 Species(include shrubs)

Height, spread, diameter

ANFOR(1990)

CEREMA(2019) (No legal status)

Source : KFS(2020a), Seoul(2018), Lebanon OR(2002; 2022), MLIT(2004; 2016), Yokohama(2021; 2022), UNEP et al.,(2012), ANFOR(1990), Paris(2016)