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DOI | 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.04.006 |
Plant selection method for urban landscapes of semi-arid cities (a case study of Tehran) | |
Asgarzadeh, Morteza1; Vandati, Kourosh2; Lotfi, Mahmoud2; Arab, Mostafa2; Babaei, Alireza3; Naderi, Farzaneh4; Soufi, Mohammad Pir5; Rouhani, Ghazaleh2 | |
通讯作者 | Asgarzadeh, Morteza |
来源期刊 | URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
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ISSN | 1618-8667 |
出版年 | 2014 |
卷号 | 13期号:3页码:450-458 |
英文摘要 | Choosing appropriate plants for urban landscapes is vital to avoid potential financial and environmental losses that may occur if all selection parameters are not taken into account. A methodology has been developed to assist landscape architects, planting designers, and urban horticulturists in the plant selection process. Tehran has been picked as a case study due to its arid and semi-arid climate which poses more challenges in front of an expert. After grouping plants, selection parameters have been defined for each plant group. Plant species were comparatively graded for each parameter by a group of eight specialists. Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique and hierarchical cluster analysis have been utilized to find the most adaptable plant species for the area according to the main selection parameters of zone tolerance, urban conditions, esthetics, maintenance, growth characteristics, and specific features. Several new plants were ranked high in the final tables suggesting that the urban landscape of Tehran has a great potential to become more attractive, less allergic, and less costly, as well as consuming less water. Before introducing new plants to the urban environment, they should be experimented on in small numbers for several years to confirm that they will not change the ecology of the whole region through invasion or posing a threat to any local plant species. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) Climate change Planting design Semi-arid cities Urban landscape |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Iran ; Germany |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000341555900006 |
WOS关键词 | INFORMATION ; TREES |
WOS类目 | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Forestry ; Urban Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Forestry ; Urban Studies |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/185197 |
作者单位 | 1.Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Boston, MA 02138 USA; 2.Univ Tehran, Tehran, Iran; 3.Tarbiat Modares Univ, Tehran, Iran; 4.Res & Sci Inst, Sanandaj, Iran; 5.Tech Univ Dresden, Inst Forest Econ & Forest Management Planning, Fac Environm Sci, D-01062 Dresden, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Asgarzadeh, Morteza,Vandati, Kourosh,Lotfi, Mahmoud,et al. Plant selection method for urban landscapes of semi-arid cities (a case study of Tehran)[J],2014,13(3):450-458. |
APA | Asgarzadeh, Morteza.,Vandati, Kourosh.,Lotfi, Mahmoud.,Arab, Mostafa.,Babaei, Alireza.,...&Rouhani, Ghazaleh.(2014).Plant selection method for urban landscapes of semi-arid cities (a case study of Tehran).URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,13(3),450-458. |
MLA | Asgarzadeh, Morteza,et al."Plant selection method for urban landscapes of semi-arid cities (a case study of Tehran)".URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING 13.3(2014):450-458. |
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