Urban green cover plan for sustainable chennai city an appraisal through gis and rs tools

Abstract

Man alters earths surface consciously and continuously in an attempt newlineto create his own living environment Among many alterations the changes newlinethat relate to the urbanization are increasing impervious surfaces and newlinereceding green covers not only affecting the local environment but also the newlineglobal environment The ongoing researches indicate that administrating newlinethe citys land covers primarily improving the greencovered area can newlineenhance the environmental quality At one step ahead the modern urban newlineecologist equates nurturing the urban greeneries with the act of providing newlineessential life supporting infrastructure to the cities Realizing all these facts newlinemany organizations are involving themselves in the effort to increase the newlineurban greencover Most of these attempts are happening in a haphazard newlinemanner newline newline