Sacred sites as habitats of culturally important plant species in an Indian megacity     

《Urban Forestry & Urban Greening》2018

Cultural ecosystem services related to urban green spaces contribute significantly to liveable cities. While previous studies highlight the intersection of cultural ecosystem services with societal values, spiritual or religious values associated with urban nature have received less attention. In India, as in other parts of the world, sacred sites are known for their biological richness, but analyses from urban sacred sites are largely missing. Based on a stratified random sampling approach, we analysed the cultivated and wild plant species assemblages of 69 sacred sites in the megacity of Bengaluru, India, in relation to biological and cultural features, and parameters related to the urban matrix and type of sacred sites (temple vs. katte). Unlike other urban studies, we found a dominance of native species in the cultivated and spontaneous species pools (121 species in total), with Ficus religiosa and Azadirachta indica as most frequently planted species. Culturally relevant species prevailed in the species pool (89%), with overlaps between religious (36%), medicinal (50%) and ornamental (62%) plants; only 11% of species were weeds. Urban matrix parameters (age of development, housing density) and size and type of sacred sites were related to differences in species assemblages. We identified key species for different classes of age and housing density, and for types of sacred sites. Our study demonstrates that urban sacred sites have an important potential in harbouring both native and culturally significant species that can support urban livelihoods in developing countries by a range of cultural and provisioning ecosystem services, including medicinal uses. As such sites are conserved by communities for spiritual or cultural beliefs, local biodiversity can be enhanced, e.g. by adapting management practices through community participation. This would strengthen the important contribution of sacred sites within the green infrastructure of rapidly growing megacities.  相似文献   

The economic benefits and costs of trees in urban forest stewardship: A systematic review     

《Urban Forestry & Urban Greening》2018

Understanding the benefits provided by urban trees is important to justify investment and improve stewardship. Many studies have attempted to quantify the benefits of trees in monetary terms, though fewer have quantified the associated costs of planting and maintaining them. This systematic review examines the methods used to jointly analyse the costs and benefits of trees in the urban landscape, assesses the relative balance of benefits and costs, and attempts to understand the wide variation in economic values assigned in different studies. The benefits most frequently studied are those related to environmental regulation and property values, and the available data show that these usually outweigh the costs. Aesthetic, amenity, and shading benefits have also been shown to provide significant economic benefits, while benefits in terms of water regulation, carbon reduction and air quality are usually more modest. Variation in benefits and costs among studies is attributed largely to differences in the species composition and age structure of urban tree populations, though methodological differences also play a role. Comparison between studies is made difficult owing to differences in spatiotemporal scope, and in the way urban forest composition and demographic structure were reported. The overwhelming majority of studies concern deciduous trees in Northern America, and much less is known about urban forests in other regions, especially in the tropics. Future work should thus seek to fill these knowledge gaps, and standardise research protocols across cities. In light of ambitious goals in many cities to increase tree cover, ongoing advances in valuation methods need to provide a more comprehensive accounting of benefits and costs, and to better integrate economic assessment into the decision-making process.  相似文献   

Tracing regime influence on urban community gardening: How resource dependence causes barriers to garden longer term sustainability     

《Urban Forestry & Urban Greening》2018

This article explores how resource dependence leads to barriers to urban community gardening. Nine barriers to urban gardening were identified: finance, space, organizational structure, water, external damage, soil, communication, interpersonal issues, and participation issues. Using process tracing and grounded theory, we found that these barriers could be divided into three groups: primary, secondary, and participation barriers. Primary barriers are caused and directly influenced by the regime, whereas secondary barriers are the result of decisions and actions taken while addressing the primary barriers. All of these barriers cause frustration and affects the ability of the gardens to retain and acquire new members. This affects the longer term sustainability of the gardens and their potential to contribute to an urban governance transition.  相似文献   

Can trail spatial attributes predict trail use level in urban forest park? An examination integrating GPS data and space syntax theory     

《Urban Forestry & Urban Greening》2018

Understanding users’ spatial distribution in forest park is crucial for providing visitors with quality recreation experiences and for park planning and management. Utilizing users’ spatial distribution data, this study aims at investigating associations between trail use level and trail spatial attributes, through examining two large urban forest parks (Gongqing forest park and Paotaiwan forest park) in Shanghai, China. Users’ spatial distribution was measured utilizing GPS trackers with the interval of 10 seconds. This study conceptualizes trail spatial attributes as trail metric attributes and trail configurational attributes. Trail metric attributes include trail mean distance to gates, length, width and level of enclosure, which are calculated based on park map and on-site observation. We computed trail configurational attributes utilizing space syntax theory, which comprise measures of global integration, control, and connectivity. Trail connection with features/facilities, visual connection with water and shading are included as covariate variables. In total, we obtained 134 valid samples in Gongqing forest park and 210 valid samples in Paotaiwan forest park for analysis. Multivariate regression analyses indicate that when involving covariate variables, consistently in both parks, a greater trail usage is significantly related to trail shorter mean distance to park gate, trail width wider than 3 meters, higher global integration and higher control values. Collectively, these four trail spatial attributes explained 31.7 % (p < 0.001) and 27.3 % (p < 0.001) of the variances in trail use level in Gongqing forest park and Paotaiwan forest park. These findings provide direct implications to park designers and managers for providing visitors with different desirable social conditions, and ultimately improve users’ experiences and satisfactions.  相似文献   

湘西北美味牛肝菌的生态研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李文艺  刘建成  向勇 《中国食用菌》2004,23(4):5-6

美味牛肝菌菌体较大 ,菌肉肥厚 ,菌柄粗壮 ,食味浓香可口 ,属珍贵食用菌之一。不仅可食用 ,也可药用。本文就笔者 2 0 0 0年 5月以来 ,对湘西北美味牛肝菌的分布及生态研究的结果予以报告。  相似文献   

加快松溪县农业产业化发展的思考     

刘俊彦 《农机具之友》2009,(9):16-19

基于目前中国农业经营模式的基础上，分析了松溪县农业产业化的现状．对该县农业产业化发展的优势与劣势进行了探讨，并针对松溪县的农业产业化发展困境，提出了促进该县农业产业化快速发展的战略措施。  相似文献   

干巴菌（Thelephoraganbajun Zang）的研究Ⅰ．干巴菌与其生境因子的关系     

朱启顺  杨大智  刘岵 《中国食用菌》1995,(4)

本文研究了干巴菌的分布及其在分布区内的植被类型，查清了干巴菌主要分布于针叶树林中，尤以云南松林内分布最多，但也分布于纯的栗树林中。通过对于巴菌生境中土壤微生物的分析，结果与宏观调查一致：其生长土壤较为贫瘠，是一种菌根菌。  相似文献   

长安区城市森林建设思路探讨     

熊毅  问亚军  苏印泉 《陕西林业科技》2006,(4):42-44,48

本文探讨了如何在西安市近郊长安区发展城市森林,以适应西安现代国际化大都市建设发展的需要。  相似文献   

GIS在生态土地分类中的作用     

肖宝英  邵国凡等 《林业研究》2002,13(1):56-60

This paper depicted the physiographic landscape features and natural vegetation situation of study area (the eastern Jilin Province), and expatiates the definition, basic characters and its development of Ecological Land Classification (ELC). Based on the combination of relief map, satellite photography for study area and vegetation inventory data of 480 sample sites, a 5-class and a 15-class ecological land type map was concluded according to 4 important factors including slope, aspect, vegetation and elevation. Ecological Classification System (ECS) is a method to identify, characterize, and map ecosystems. The Ecological Land Type (ELT) was examined and applied initially in eastern Jilin Province. Foundation item: This paper was supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences “100 people” project and the Open Research Station of Changbai Mountain Forest Ecosystem. Biography: XIAO Bao-ying (1974-), female, postgraduate in Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China Responsible editor: Zhu Hong  相似文献   

江西茶产业发展的现状与思路     

陈华  刘良源 《江西林业科技》2005,(6):68-69

1江西茶叶生产的现状 江西茶叶生产历史悠久,始于汉,盛于唐.宋代,江西茶叶产量居全国之首（全国岁茶课为1153万kg,江西342.5万kg）.明清时期,涌现了庐山云雾、遂川狗牯脑、修水双井绿、婺源绿茶、浮梁红茶等一批具有地方特色的优质名茶.新中国成立后,由于党和政府的重视,江西的茶园面积和产量分别从1949年的4800hm^2、2145t增加到1998年的5.47万hm^2、2.1万t.产茶区域遍及全省的每个县市,茶叶已成为茶区农民经济收入的主要来源和县、乡财政的支柱. 　　……  相似文献