Planning strategies for Urban Green Spaces

The world today is becoming a global village with rapid globalization and integration of markets making cities emerge as an engine of growth. There is global rise in population in cities. The cities in Asia are projected to account for large portions of global urban cover and thus risking urban green spaces. Cities of developing countries are witnessing shortage of urban green spaces as most pressing problem and India is no exception to it. There is a wide range of literature available on Urban Green Spaces but a systematic literature focusing on decision making process for greening the city is missing. Urban Green Spaces being a matter of utter importance for environmental sustainability requires immediate attention. Thus, this book investigates parameters that determine the provision of Urban Green Spaces in a city as well their associated benefits, planning issues, existing governing standards and regulations as well as various urban green space models in cities.

• | Author: Anjali Saraswat
• | Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• | Publication Date: Feb 08, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 132 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 6203307882
• | ISBN-13: 9786203307887