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Development of Urban Green Belts - A Super Future for Ecological Balance, Gulbarga City, Karnataka

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Abstract:

Green belt land is an open space around bigger cities. The main purpose of the green belt is to protect the land from urban sprawl, and maintain the designated area for forestry, agriculture as well as to provide habitat to wildlife. Green belt offers a number of benefits for population. Areas that are designated as green belt must not be built upon, however, that does not mean that no buildings can be erected in green belt. GREENBELT is a policy and land use designation used in land use/land cover planning. Green belt policy may not work well in all areas and has been a subject of criticism; however, its advantages by far outweigh its disadvantages. The Green belt land covers about 2% of total geographical area in Gulbarga city of Karnataka state. They do not solve the problem related to low forest cover in the Gulbarga District but they significantly improve air quality and help combat a number of environmental problems. During the data collection (43%) of respondents both knew that Green Belts surround city, and valued Green Belts as places to enjoy quiet recreation It is confirmed that Green Belt policy has been highly effective in eco-friendship relation. Green Belts have a role to play in achieving positive land use objectives. The concept of Green Belt also has strong support amongst the general public, even if they do not always understand the full details of the planning policy. These areas could take on an even greater significance in the face of climate.

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Periodical:
International Letters of Natural Sciences (Volume 27)
Pages:
47-53
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILNS.27.47
Citation:
R. M. Ramesh and R. Nijagunappa, "Development of Urban Green Belts - A Super Future for Ecological Balance, Gulbarga City, Karnataka", International Letters of Natural Sciences, Vol. 27, pp. 47-53, 2014
Online since:
Oct 2014
Authors:
R. Mala Ramesh, R. Nijagunappa
Keywords:
Green Belt, Green Structure, Urban Green Space
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