TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mane, Aditya
AU  - Tushar, Bose (Guide)
TI  - Potential for enhancement of urban green infrastructure in Hyderabad (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-2101 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - CONTENTS Executive Summary: 6 1 Background: 12 1.1 Research Problem: 12 1.2 Aim: 13 1.3 Key Research Questions: 13 1.4 Research Objectives: 13 1.5 Methodology and Framework: 14 1.6 Scope and limitations: 16 2 Literature review 18 2.1 Green Infrastructure Concept: 18 2.1.1 History of green infrastructure: 18 2.1.2 Definition of green infrastructure? 18 2.2 Elements that can contribute to urban green infrastructure (scope): 22 2.3 Understanding the Significance of Green Infrastructure (Benefits): 22 2.4 Green space Per-Capita: 25 3 Case studies: 27 3.1 New York: 27 3.2 Washington DC: 29 3.3 Copenhagen: 30 3.4 Singapore: 31 3.4.1 ABC Water Program – 32 4 Cases of Indian Cities: 36 4.1 City level Initiatives: 36 4.1.1 Chandigarh: 36 4.1.2 Gandhinagar 37 4.1.3 Delhi 38 4.1.4 Bangalore 39 4.1.5 City level Initiatives: 40 5 Approaches of Government towards greening of India 41 5.1 Background 41 5.2 National level approach: 41 5.2.1 National environment policy, 2006 41 5.2.2 National action plan on climate change: 42 5.2.3 National Missions: 42 5.2.4 National Mission for Green India: 43 5.2.5 Urban Development Plan formulation and Implementation guidelines: 44 5.2.6 National Lake Conservation Plan 46 6 Introduction to study area: 50 6.1 Location and Regional Context: 50 6.2 Physical Characteristics: 51 6.3 City Climate: 51 6.4 Demography: 52 6.5 Land Use and Land Cover: 55 6.6 Landuse/Landcover of Hyderabad 59 6.7 Economy of Hyderabad: 62 6.8 Infrastructure of Hyderabad: 62 7 Data collection and Survey: 64 7.1 Data collection framework 64 7.2 Secondary Data collection: 64 7.3 Primary Survey: 67 7.4 Government Authority: 67 7.5 Builders/Developers 68 7.6 Citizen’s perspective: 69 7.7 L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail Authority: 70 8 Status of Urban Green infrastructure in Hyderabad: 71 8.1 Tree plantation and tree census: 71 8.2 Parks and Gardens in hyderabad: 73 8.3 NDVI Analysis 77 8.4 Government Initiatives to develop greenery: 86 8.4.1 Buddha Pournima Project: 87 9 Budget: 88 10 Management and Issues: 89 11 Conclusion 93 11.1 Recommendations 93 References 100
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