LIST OF CONTENTS
Undertaking v
Certificate vii
Acknowledgments ix
Abstract xi
List of Contents xiii
List of Figures xvii
List of Tables xix
List of Abbreviations xxi
1. Introduction
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Climate change – Causes and Impacts 2
1.3 Global and National Actions on Climate change 3
1.4 Urban Greens 4
1.4.1 Categories of Urban Greens 5
1.5 Benefits of Urban Greens
1.5.1 Benefits against climate change
1.5.2 Economic Benefits
1.5.3 Social Benefits
1.6 How Cities Defines Urban Greens 6
1.6.1 Ahmedabad Development Plan
1.6.2 Delhi Development Plan
1.6.3 Amravati Masterplan
1.7 Standards for Urban Greens 8
1.7.1 International Standards - WHO
1.7.2 National Standards - URDPFI
1.7.3 State and City Level Standards – GTPUDA & ADP
1.8 Status of Urban Greens in the Global and Indian Cities 9
1.9 Case Studies 10
1.9.1 London
1.9.2 Gandhinagar
1.10 Learnings from Literature 12
1.11 Aim 12
1.12 Objectives 12
1.13 Methodology 13
2. City/Zonal Level Assessment
2.1 City Profile 15
2.2 Ahmedabad DP Considerations of Urban Greens 16
2.3 Parks and Gardens 17
2.4 Park and Gardens Accessibility 19
2.5 Open Spaces 20
2.6 Green Streets and Traffic Islands 22
2.7 Urban Groves 23
2.8 Tree Density and Carbon Sequestration 24
2.9 NDVI Analysis 26
2.10 Comparison of existing scenario with standards 27
2.11 Zonal/ Ward Analysis for Ward Selection 28
3. Ward Level Assessment
3.1 Ward Profile 31
3.2 Land use 32
3.3 Urban Greens Analysis 32
3.3.1 Parks and Gardens
3.3.2 Parks and Gardens Accessibility
3.3.3 Open spaces
3.3.4 Green Streets and Traffic Islands
3.3.5 Urban Groves
3.3.6 Government Wastelands
3.4 Urban Greens Potentials 44
3.5 NDVI Analysis 45
3.6 Trees 45
3.7 TP Analysis 46
3.7.1 Isanpur 53
3.7.2 South Isanpur Ext. 54
3.7.3 South Isanpur 55
4. Strategies for Improving Urban Greens
4.1 Creating a Hierarchy of Parks and Gardens 55
4.2 Developing Green Pockets 58
4.3 Enhancing Linear Greens 61
4.4 Encourage Rooftops/Walls Greens with an Incentive 67
5. Conclusion 69
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