Assessment of ecological status of street plantings in Lipetsk city

The purpose of the work is to evaluate the ecological state of the prevailing species of woody plants in the city of Lipetsk and to elaborate recommendations for improving green spaces. There were examined thirty street landscaping facilities, including 8537 trees. In the course of the study, there were identified five classes of trees vitality. There were also calculated the average scores of the prevailing tree species and the overall ratio of the city street plantings. As a result of the study, there were identified 31 species of trees. 14.5% of the surveyed trees were classified as "healthy" by vital condition. The "weakened trees" group got 38.8 %. "Severely weakened" group counted 24.7%. The category" shrinking" trees had 19.2%. Completely dry woody plants scored 2.8%. Based on the obtained data, there were made recommendations how to improve the sustainability of green spaces in an urbanized environment. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2020.

Authors
Parakhina E. 1 , Silaeva Z.2 , Kiseleva L.3 , Zhidkova E.4
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Language
English
Status
Published
Number
03008
Volume
169
Year
2020
Organizations
  • 1 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Faculty of Ecology, 6 MiklukhoMaklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
  • 2 Orel State Agrarian University Named after N.V. Parakhina, Department of Landscape Architecture, Orel, Russian Federation
  • 3 Orel State University Named after I.S. Turgenev, Department of Plant Botany, Physiology and Biochemistry, Orel, Russian Federation
  • 4 Lipetsk State Pedagogical University Named after P.P. Semenov Tyan-Shansky, Department of Geography, Biology and Chemistry, Lipetsk, Russian Federation
Keywords
Ecology; Environmental management; Forestry; Planning; Ecological state; Ecological status; Green spaces; Plantings; Tree species; Woody plants; Sustainable development
Date of creation
02.11.2020
Date of change
02.11.2020
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/64747/
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