01-09-2015, 07:34 AM
On the technical and governance issues following suggestions may be useful for creating multifunctional landscapes to enhance urban resilience and human well-being:
(i) strengthening the network of urban green spaces through linkages between various components ;
(ii) sequential restoration of existing urban forests and developing them into a multifunctional ecosystem;
(iii) developing connectivity, as far as possible, among backyard habitats, urban domestic gardens, and public parks;
(iv) integrating urban forest planning into regular master plans and urban development projects;
(vi) maintenance of species diversity and spatial heterogeneity by planting three-tier vegetation (herbs, shrubs and trees): no more than 30% from one family, no more than 20%
from one genus, and no more than 10% from one species
(vii) designing and implementing the programme for local monitoring and local enforcement of locally-made rules for the management of urban forests.
Research is needed to get a better understanding of the urban forest in Jaipur and other cities of Rajasthan. Research that quantifies the spatial extent, species diversity across different urban landuse, growth and mortality, urban tree biomass, diameter distribution of urban trees across various species, present carbon storage and rate of carbon sequestration by urban trees and urban forest, pollution mitigation potential, and hydrological functions of urban forests is urgently required.
(i) strengthening the network of urban green spaces through linkages between various components ;
(ii) sequential restoration of existing urban forests and developing them into a multifunctional ecosystem;
(iii) developing connectivity, as far as possible, among backyard habitats, urban domestic gardens, and public parks;
(iv) integrating urban forest planning into regular master plans and urban development projects;
(vi) maintenance of species diversity and spatial heterogeneity by planting three-tier vegetation (herbs, shrubs and trees): no more than 30% from one family, no more than 20%
from one genus, and no more than 10% from one species
(vii) designing and implementing the programme for local monitoring and local enforcement of locally-made rules for the management of urban forests.
Research is needed to get a better understanding of the urban forest in Jaipur and other cities of Rajasthan. Research that quantifies the spatial extent, species diversity across different urban landuse, growth and mortality, urban tree biomass, diameter distribution of urban trees across various species, present carbon storage and rate of carbon sequestration by urban trees and urban forest, pollution mitigation potential, and hydrological functions of urban forests is urgently required.