Landscape as a veritable tool to environmental sustainability: introducing green practices
Landscaped open spaces are few and far between as found in many emerging cities of most developing countries and this has served as a deterrent to city development and the achievement of a healthy and sustainable environment. This paper focuses on the landscape quality of open spaces highlighting...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/34913/ http://eprints.usm.my/34913/1/HBP30.pdf |
| Summary: | Landscaped open spaces are few and far between as found in many emerging
cities of most developing countries and this has served as a deterrent to city
development and the achievement of a healthy and sustainable environment. This
paper focuses on the landscape quality of open spaces highlighting the peculiarities
of Akure, a city in South-western Nigeria as it evaluates the significance of
landscaped areas to the built environment in an urban setting. The poor quality of
the city’s urban environment has been attributed partly to inadequate use and
management of these urban open spaces and this has exerted a major strain on the
physical outlook of the environment and an attendant negative effect on the welfare
and productivity of the residents. The need to effectively address the issue of a
sustainable built environment calls for the identification and analyses of the open
spaces in a bid to assess their implications to landscape planning and the status of
the city’s development. This study also discusses the concept of sustainability,
looking into its principles and the indicators that impact sustainability of the built
environment as well as the resultant problems. Case studies carried out assessed
the land use and landscape status of the open spaces while the statistically
analysed results revealed the inadequacies in the provision and management of the
open spaces within the study areas. Recommendations of attainable policies and
measures towards the introduction of green practices were proffered in a bid to
enhance a sustainable living environment that will reduce the effects of the green
house gases. |
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