Ecological benefits of urban forestry: The case of Kerwa Forest Area (KFA), Bhopal, India

Dwivedi, Puneet; Rathore, C. S.; Dubey, Yogesh

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.08.008

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“…Roadside greenery has been associated with better usability of streets, and when accompanied with recreational amenities provides for resting spaces, and facilitates better social communication (22).However, reports from UK link increasing urban density with decreasing residential garden size (23) (24). Similar findings have been reported from the Indian city of Kozhikode where the economically affluent group exhibits an alarming tendency for updating technological standards at the cost of decrease in private green spaces (25).…”

Section: Enhanced Quality Of Lifesupporting

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Identifying Scope for Future Research on Urban Greening in India-AComparative Perspective with Global Greening Initiatives

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Section: Enhanced Quality Of Lifesupporting

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“…Being a low profile category of protected status and continuous human settlements, the present study area was selected, in which the natural disturbances along with anthropogenic activities have shaped the present floral and faunal diversity and their composition (Kala 2009;Dwivedi et al 2009). …”

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Anthropogenic disturbances and status of forest and wildlife in the dry deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India

Kala

Dubey

2012

Journal of Forestry Research

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The advent of modern forces and the changes in socioeconomic patterns of forest dwellers have increased the pressures on the forests. In order to mitigate such pressures and also to protect the forests and wildlife the model of protected areas networks has shifted and enhanced such pressures in the unprotected natural forests due to several reasons. Being a low profile category of protected status and continuous human settlements, the present study highlights the case of dry deciduous forests of Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh state of India. The major objectives of this study were to quantify the status of forests and wildlife and also to determine the extent of anthropogenic disturbances faced by the dry deciduous forests of central India. Transect and silent drive count methods were used for sampling wildlife and quadrat method was used for sampling vegetation. Besides, the local uses of various forest produces were also studied in view of understanding the people dependency on forests. The forest vegetation, in the study area, was pre-dominated by Shorea robusta, which had Madhuca indica, Diospyrus melanoxylon andBuchnania lanzan as the major companion species. The forest had either the high girth class mature tree species or the saplings. The low vegetation cover and density were due to the high anthropogenic pressures mainly in the form of heavy livestock grazing and collection of ethnobotanically important species. The study though reveals that the area is not rich in wildlife and the forest is fragmented, the area still supports some important species, which include many rare and endangered plants and animals. The findings of this study have been discussed in view of the management and conservation of the forest and wildlife in the dry deciduous forests.

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“…The Roman senate recognised the value of orchards in villas surrounding the city of Rome for maintaining air quality and forbade their conversion to urban housing (Yang, Mcbride, & Gong, 2009). Urban forests are essential natural environments for densely populated areas and offer refuges from hectic city life and work environment (Dwivedi, Rathore, & Dubey, 2009;Hammitt, 2002).…”

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Factors encouraging and restricting participation in urban forestry (Case study of Tehran, Iran)

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Namiranian

Feghhi

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Arboricultural Journal

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It has been widely recognised that the participation of different groups of people is crucial to urban forest management. This paper aimed to focus on the motivating factors and conditions that foster participation in urban forest management. Also, the main constraints which limit participation were explored. Therefore, a survey using a researcher-designed questionnaire was used to gain information from forest visitors. Exploratory factor analysis was used to categorise all the effective factors and constraints into summarised factors. Using a principal component analysis, it was found that the most important factors encouraging participation in urban forestry were health and environment improvement and involvement spirit. These two factors explained about 60% of citizens' participation variance. The constraints also were categorized into four categories namely "lack of legal support", "lack of cooperation spirit", "lack of motivation" and "lack of time and awareness". The stepwise regression model with socio-economic features and factors affecting citizens' participation in forest management also showed that five variables, namely health and environment improvement, having a child, involvement spirit, lack of motivation and income were predicting 45.1% of the effective factors on citizens' participation. The results suggest that to enable more participation of citizens, the legislative structure should change and institutional support increase. In addition, motivation, particularly economic and increasing awareness are necessary for attracting citizens to participate in forest management plans.

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Ecological benefits of urban forestry: The case of Kerwa Forest Area (KFA), Bhopal, India

Cited by 37 publications

References 11 publications

Identifying Scope for Future Research on Urban Greening in India-AComparative Perspective with Global Greening Initiatives

Identifying Scope for Future Research on Urban Greening in India-AComparative Perspective with Global Greening Initiatives

Anthropogenic disturbances and status of forest and wildlife in the dry deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India

Factors encouraging and restricting participation in urban forestry (Case study of Tehran, Iran)

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