Assessment of public open spaces (POS) and landscape quality based on per capita POS index in Delhi, India

Shahfahad, .; Kumari, Babita; Tayyab, Mohammad; Hang, Hoang Thi; Khan, Mohammad Firoz

doi:10.1007/s42452-019-0372-0

Cited by 39 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 34 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Improved physical and mental health, reduced stress levels, and increased happiness and satisfaction amongst citizens indicate the existence of superior quality greens in the city. Scenarios of degenerating UGS quality are well reported across many cities [17]. The city of Bengaluru in India has seen a decrease of 78% in green cover over the course of four decades, along with its deteriorating quality.…”

Section: Degenerating Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Green Spaces Prospects and Retrospect’s

Sangwan¹,

Saraswat²,

Kumar³

et al. 2022

Urban Green Spaces

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Urban green spaces (UGSs) are integral structural elements of the city’s existence and are promoted to serve diverse functions such as recreation, ecological services, regulation of ambient air temperature and hydrological regime pollution abatement, social inclusion, enhancing amenity value, etc., in sum, they help minimize the adverse impacts of urbanization on the environment and improve citizens’ habitable experiences. However, due to competing economic interests and demand on land for various purposes such as residential, commercial, industrial and institutional, UGS in cities take a back seat and are seldom given desired attention, and Indian cities are no exception. The challenges faced by UGS are many and include Land availability, quantity, quality, distribution, accessibility, lack of intended purpose and stakeholder participation. Therefore, it is imperative to explore strategies for planning UGS to ensure their adequate provision and maintenance in cities. Unlike Western countries cities in India have diverse classification and hierarchy of green spaces, therefore, this text examines typology of green spaces, their provisions, associated benefits, emergent concerns in the Indian context through case studies and concludes with plausible strategies for inclusion in urban planning framework.

show abstract

Section: Degenerating Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Green Spaces Prospects and Retrospect’s

Sangwan¹,

Saraswat²,

Kumar³

et al. 2022

Urban Green Spaces

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In the specific case of the Di An City (Figure 6), vegetation cover per capita in the An Binh commune was about 3 to 4 times lower than the national standard for green spaces per capita in the class-3 urban (9-11 m 2 person -1 ). This is also 3.6 times lower than the World Health Organization (WHO) standard which set a minimum limit for urban green spaces per capita of 9 m 2 [51]. With the speed of economic growth in this city, the demand for construction would increase.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 81%

Assessing Vegetation Cover Change Using Remote Sensing: Case Study at Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims to present the application of remote sensing in monitoring vegetation change in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. The study used Landsat 5 images in the year 2010 and Landsat 8 images in the years 2015 and 2020 to investigate the area of vegetation. The maximum likelihood classification method (MLC) was used to classify land cover and an accuracy matrix was computed to validate the classification results. The references data were collected to support classification and accuracy assessment processes including land use maps in 2010, 2015, and 2020. In addition, collected field points and UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) in 2020 were used. The overall accuracies are 81.27%, 84.41%, and 83.86%, and Kappa indices were 0.76, 0.80, and 0.80, corresponding to 2010, 2015, and 2020. The results showed that as compared to 2010 and 2015, the area of vegetation in 2020 decreased 10% and 8%, respectively. The average vegetation cover per capita was 740 m2 person-1 in 2020, compared to 1000 m2 person-1 in 2015 and 1200 m2 person-1 in 2010. This reduction was obvious in urban areas in the province, due to the need for construction and development. The study provides meaningful information on vegetation change and green area per capita in Binh Duong Province from 2010 to 2020.

show abstract

“…From earlier studies, we can find general picture of the city where the civic administration must work. For example, in one study of East Delhi, it was found that the area's per capita open space is remarkably less than the prescribed level by the UN and WHO ( Shahfahad et al, 2019 ), in which tehsils 439 (high covid vulnerable) and 440 (moderate covid vulnerable) falls. Open defecation is a major concern in the capital.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 and urban vulnerability in India

Mishra

Gayen

Haque

2020

Habitat International

139

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The global pandemic has an inherently urban character. The UN-Habitat's publication of a Response Plan for mollification of the SARS-CoV-2 based externalities in the cities of the world testifies to that. This article takes the UN-Habitat report as the premise to carry out an empirical investigation in the four major metro cities of India. The report's concern with the urban character of the pandemic has underlined the role of cities in disease transmission. In that wake, the study demarcates factors at the sub-city level that tend to jeopardize the two mandatory precautionary measures during COVID-19-Social Distancing and Lockdown. It investigates those factors through a Covid Vulnerability Index. The Index devised with the help of Analytic Hierarchy Process demarcates the low, moderate, high, and very high vulnerable city sub-units. Secondly, UN-Habitat's one of the major action areas is evidence-based knowledge creation through mapping and its analysis. In our study, we do it at a granular scale for arriving at a more nuanced understanding. Thus, in harmony with the UN-habitat's we take the urban seriously and identify the gaps that need to be plugged for the pandemic cities of now and of the future.

show abstract

Assessment of public open spaces (POS) and landscape quality based on per capita POS index in Delhi, India

Cited by 39 publications

References 34 publications

Urban Green Spaces Prospects and Retrospect’s

Urban Green Spaces Prospects and Retrospect’s

Assessing Vegetation Cover Change Using Remote Sensing: Case Study at Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

COVID-19 and urban vulnerability in India

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About