Need of Preserving Green Spaces - A Case Study of Walled City, Jaipur

Kunwar Ghanshyam Yadav, Venkata Sai. S, VijayKrishnani, Dr. Nand Kumar

Abstract: Urban open/green spaces are one of the major environmental resources of the urban areas. Urban green spaces provide environmental benefits through their effects on negating urban heat, offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, and attenuating storm water. In the walled city, Jaipur, we can see the amount of open spaces i. e. green spaces, backyards; courtyards etc. which are designed for specific population are not able to cater to the present population due to which the quantity of open space per capita criteria is not being met. The quality of green spaces is also in poor condition in some cases where they are not being used. There is thus a need for urban planners to interfere to match the criteria of per capita open space norms and steps to improve the quality of open/green spaces.

Keywords: Open/green spaces, benefits of green spaces, quantity and quality of green spaces, per capita green space norms