Articles
Sustainable landscape management strategies for the Botanical Garden and the Dendrological Park of USAMV Bucharest Campus
Article number
1441_33
Pages
263 – 270
Language
English
Abstract
The development of information technologies offers new methods for inventorying and assessing the state of vegetation.
Thus, we can map and monitor the evolution of plant habitats in urban areas.
The aim of the study is to use vegetation inventory software in order to achieve a sustainable management plan for urban green areas.
In this case, the inventory of the trees was made in the botanical garden and the dendrological park located in the campus of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Bucharest.
A database which contains the existing trees was created through a tree inventory software application (Tree Plotter). The inventory database will be used to develop a sustainable management plan for the studied area.
Based on the data entered, a series of differentiated plans resulted, concerning the following aspects: the spatial distribution of the invasive species, the specimens with a precarious state of health, the ecological benefits provided by the trees, etc.
Following these results, specific strategic directions of landscape management were elaborated depending on the characteristics of the inventoried specimens and the areas in which these trees are located.
These refer to permanent management activities, such as: pruning regime, irrigation regime, ecological phytosanitary treatments, but also a series of occasional measures, such as: combating invasive species depending on their spatial distribution; reorganization of the vegetation structure according to the problems identified following the inventory; short, medium and long-term monitoring of the dendrological vegetation in order to update the management plan.
The development of a sustainable landscape management strategy can contribute to improve the quality of the environment and the level of biodiversity, increasing as well as the level of economic efficiency, but also the aesthetic and functional attractiveness of green spaces in general.
Thus, we can map and monitor the evolution of plant habitats in urban areas.
The aim of the study is to use vegetation inventory software in order to achieve a sustainable management plan for urban green areas.
In this case, the inventory of the trees was made in the botanical garden and the dendrological park located in the campus of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Bucharest.
A database which contains the existing trees was created through a tree inventory software application (Tree Plotter). The inventory database will be used to develop a sustainable management plan for the studied area.
Based on the data entered, a series of differentiated plans resulted, concerning the following aspects: the spatial distribution of the invasive species, the specimens with a precarious state of health, the ecological benefits provided by the trees, etc.
Following these results, specific strategic directions of landscape management were elaborated depending on the characteristics of the inventoried specimens and the areas in which these trees are located.
These refer to permanent management activities, such as: pruning regime, irrigation regime, ecological phytosanitary treatments, but also a series of occasional measures, such as: combating invasive species depending on their spatial distribution; reorganization of the vegetation structure according to the problems identified following the inventory; short, medium and long-term monitoring of the dendrological vegetation in order to update the management plan.
The development of a sustainable landscape management strategy can contribute to improve the quality of the environment and the level of biodiversity, increasing as well as the level of economic efficiency, but also the aesthetic and functional attractiveness of green spaces in general.
Publication
Authors
A. Vita
Keywords
dendrological vegetation, green infrastructure, sustainable landscape management, tree inventory, vegetation ecological benefits
Groups involved
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Working Group Vertical Farming
- Working Group Urban Horticulture
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