2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126473
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Town socio-economic status and road width determine street tree density and diversity in Karachi, Pakistan

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“…The types of roads are divided into wide roads (24 m or larger), medium roads (12 m to 24 m wide) and narrow roads (width less than 12 m) [19][20][21]. Karachi 's wide roads are the major roads bigger in size than other types of roads.…”
Section: Data Collectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The types of roads are divided into wide roads (24 m or larger), medium roads (12 m to 24 m wide) and narrow roads (width less than 12 m) [19][20][21]. Karachi 's wide roads are the major roads bigger in size than other types of roads.…”
Section: Data Collectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Globally, municipalities and towns with higher populations and relative affluence tend to have a higher density of street trees (Conway and Urbani, 2007;Landry and Chakraborty, 2009). Shams et al (2020) found that most of the low-income areas of Karachi, Pakistan, had substantially lower street tree densities than the affluent parts, which they attributed to high land value and better infrastructure of the roads and the sidewalks. The socio-economic determinants of street tree cover are also true for suburb types, and neighborhood socioeconomic conditions thus play a significant role.…”
Section: Green Spacesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Remote rural site PK1, Gadap, Sindh Province, Pakistan: Area size 1,200km 283 , Population 289, 564 84 , Area density 200/km 285 , 8 union councils, >400 villages. Our study was based in a cluster of three villages -Village 1: predominantly Hindu, with no health facility or school (least developed of the three); Village 2: predominantly Muslim, with a school and government dispensary (not functioning at the time of our study); Village 3: predominantly Muslim, with a public-sector Basic Health Unit (BHU) serving all three villages.…”
Section: Table 2 Study Sites: Low-resource Communities With Minimal mentioning
confidence: 99%