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Provision of Ecosystem Services Through Urban Parks in Mumbai

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Urban parks provide a range of ecosystem services to the urban population such as recreation, aesthetics, nature experience and education (cultural services) and microclimate regulation, air purification, rainwater absorption and noise reduction (regulating services). With a low open space per capita ratio, Mumbai City’s high population greatly depends on urban parks to provide them with ecosystem services. However, these parks often face issues of poor maintenance, poor quality materials, restricted access and public safety. This paper explores the potential of urban parks in the city in providing ecosystem services to inhabitants.

Four neighbourhood parks in the western suburban region of Mumbai (H/West ward) have been studied to identify the ecosystem services provided by them. Data has been collected through interviews with visitors, observation and measurement to identify cultural and regulating services provided by the parks.

The paper concludes with a list of service-generating units/factors in urban parks that facilitates provision of ecosystem services at site level. This research would be useful for local authorities in design and management of parks in the city.

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Acknowledgement

I would like to thank Prof. Meenal Sutharia and Prof. Vinit Mirkar for their guidance on the topic. Sincere thanks to Prof. Pratheek Sudhakaran, Dr. Shivika Chandra and Ms. Tanvi Manglik for their help in modelling, editing and data collection.

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  1. IES College of Architecture, Mumbai, India

    Shruti Verma

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  1. Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Fumihiko Seta

  2. Department of Architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

    Arindam Biswas

  3. School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Ajay Khare

  4. RCG School of Infrastructure Design and Management Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

    Joy Sen

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Verma, S. (2017). Provision of Ecosystem Services Through Urban Parks in Mumbai. In: Seta, F., Biswas, A., Khare, A., Sen, J. (eds) Understanding Built Environment. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2138-1_7

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