Governance for private green spaces in a growing Indian city

Balooni, Kulbhushan; Gangopadhyay, Kausik; Kumar, B. Mohan

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.12.004

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“… df degree of freedom, EnvB environmental benefit, EcoB economical benefit, SocB socio-cultural benefit*p < 0.05 a In view of the predominance of the relatively small-sized holdings less than or equal to 200 m 2 were labeled small, those between 200 and 500 m 2 were labeled medium, and those more than 500 m 2 were labeled large [73]…”

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“…This number of sample size was also substantiated by Creative Research Systems [70] sample size calculation method. Moreover, published table values also demonstrate 384 samples for 1,000,000 population size [71–73]. The computed sample size which was 384 was augmented to a total of 430 (215 from each city) by an addition of 46 more samples from both cities (23 in Bahir Dar and 23 in Hawassa) in order to increase representation of the sample respondents.…”

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Public assessment of green infrastructure benefits and associated influencing factors in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

Gashu

Gebre-Egziabher

2019

BMC Ecol

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Background Currently, urban green infrastructure is increasingly gaining attention as a source of multiple benefits. Understanding how city residents perceive the benefits of green infrastructure is critical for urban policy and planning. This paper investigates public assessment of the benefits of green infrastructure and the associated influencing factors in Bahir Dar and Hawassa cities of Ethiopia. Result Data were collected from residents of the two cities and inferential and descriptive statistics were used to identify public assessment of benefits of green infrastructure and the factors that influence their assessment of benefits of green infrastructure. Findings revealed that people either agree or strongly agree to the triple benefits (environmental, economic and socio-cultural) of green infrastructure. The Pearson’s Chi-square test results depict that, except a few, most of the demographic, socio-economic and bio-physical factors have no significant influence on environmental, economic and socio-cultural benefits of green infrastructure. Conclusion This study implies that an understanding of the public assessment of the benefits of green infrastructure can provide important inputs to promote participatory green infrastructure planning.

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Public assessment of green infrastructure benefits and associated influencing factors in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

Gashu

Gebre-Egziabher

2019

BMC Ecol

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“…Globally, urban vegetation covers an area equivalent to the country of Belarus, and this area is rapidly increasing. Conservation and management of urban vegetation has received attention at the level of individual cities [58][59][60], but urban vegetation has not been mapped at a global scale for conservation monitoring purposes. Here, we show that urban vegetation covers a considerably greater area than some other ecosystems that have long been the focus of global conservation and monitoring efforts, such as mangrove forests [61].…”

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Global Changes in Urban Vegetation Cover

Richards¹,

Belcher

2019

Remote Sensing

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Urban vegetation provides many ecosystem services that make cities more liveable for people. As the world continues to urbanise, the vegetation cover in urban areas is changing rapidly. Here we use Google Earth Engine to map vegetation cover in all urban areas larger than 15 km 2 in 2000 and 2015, which covered 390,000 km 2 and 490,000 km 2 respectively. In 2015, urban vegetation covered a substantial area, equivalent to the size of Belarus. Proportional vegetation cover was highly variable, and declined in most urban areas between 2000 and 2015. Declines in proportional vegetated cover were particularly common in the Global South. Conversely, proportional vegetation cover increased in some urban areas in eastern North America and parts of Europe. Most urban areas that increased in vegetation cover also increased in size, suggesting that the observed net increases were driven by the capture of rural ecosystems through low-density suburban sprawl. Far fewer urban areas achieved increases in vegetation cover while remaining similar in size, although this trend occurred in some regions with shrinking populations or economies. Maintaining and expanding urban vegetation cover alongside future urbanisation will be critical for the well-being of the five billion people expected to live in urban areas by 2030.

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“…Neither have hedges, rows of trees, and small traffic squares been considered, because they often represent street greenery, for example for avenues, which are beautiful to look at, but generally do not represent places where people get together [25]. Also, green spaces of restricted access such as private gardens, large stadiums, and institutional gardens, were excluded; considering their supplying of ecosystem services, these places nonetheless improve the urban quality of life [8,38,39].…”

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Assessing Spatial Equity and Accessibility of Public Green Spaces in Aleppo City, Syria

Almohamad

Knaack

Habib

2018

Forests

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This paper examines the accessibility of urban green spaces within the Syrian city of Aleppo before the civil war using an environmental justice approach by indicating the current state of the parameters proximity and quantity in relation to the socioeconomic status of the inhabitants. Therefore, we conducted the average nearest neighbour analysis, facilities over and under coverage analysis, network analysis and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test followed by a post-hoc Tukey honestly significant difference (HSD) test. The findings clearly indicate that the spatial pattern of the distribution of public parks facilities was significantly clustered (p-value < 0.0001), with a z-score of −16.4. Several neighbourhoods within the western and central parts of the city were identified to have a higher density of facilities, while the majority of the neighbourhoods located in the marginal parts in eastern Aleppo (low income) lack access to urban green spaces. The hierarchy-wise analysis reveals a strong deficit of urban green spaces at lower hierarchies, for example pocket parks and neighbourhood parks, while access to quarter parks and district parks is high. The urban green spaces at higher hierarchies are located in high and middle socioeconomic status areas. Regarding social segregation in park distribution and their accessibility, the data showed that high income neighbourhoods enjoy a significantly higher percentage of park facilities. The approach presented in this paper offers a generic method for the future development of public green spaces for balanced and sustainable planning.

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Governance for private green spaces in a growing Indian city

Cited by 35 publications

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Public assessment of green infrastructure benefits and associated influencing factors in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

Public assessment of green infrastructure benefits and associated influencing factors in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

Global Changes in Urban Vegetation Cover

Assessing Spatial Equity and Accessibility of Public Green Spaces in Aleppo City, Syria

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