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A Review on Methods of Classification and Delineation of Riparian ZonesBy Sonal Tiwari
Abstract: Riparian ecosystems are effective systems between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and show the conversional zone between two adjacent ecosystems with well-describe vegetation and soil characteristics. They are vital elements of watersheds, primarily due to their protection of surface and ground water quality from impacts related to human land use. The vegetated buffers are complicated ecosystems that gives food and habitat for individual plant and animal species, and are crucial to …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 16–41 Read article →
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Identification of Stressors and Their Impact on Riparian ZonesBy Sonal Tiwari
Abstract: Riparian zones are sensitive ecosystems which perform numerous ecosystem services. Urbanisation leads to degrading of the riparian ecosystems and consequently urban hazards like floods, droughts, polluted water bodies etc. The riparia have been giving life and occupation to people since millennia’s since they started settling into societies. The objective of the paper is to identify through case studies and literature review urban stressors which are studied and their impact on …
Published in International Journal of Urban Design · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 12–23 Read article →
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Identification of Ecological Open Spaces of Urban Areas for Smart City Development: A Case of Jabalpur City in Madhya Pradesh in IndiaBy Sonal Tiwari
Abstract: The birth of a human habitation starts from an idea of shelter in a natural place which satisfies the parameter of food, water and security. These centers in course of time expand and utilize the neighborhood resources for land, minerals, forests, water from ground and surface water bodies, etc. thereby depleting the original values and in the process ending all vital open spaces which were once the cause of genesis. …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 23–32 Read article →