scholarly journals UTILIZATION AND CONSERVATION OF FLORA IN THE HOME GARDENS OF SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS, COIMBATORE

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Karthika K ◽  
Subhasree R ◽  
Jamuna S ◽  
Paulsamy S
Keyword(s):  
Residential Area ◽  
Home Gardens ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Vulnerable Households ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Ornamental Species

Home garden can serve as an important source of both food and cash income for vulnerable households. The objectives of this study were to documenting the flora of the home gardens, obtaining their frequency and to categorize the plants into medicinal/other economically important species according to their utility value in 10 different residential areas of Coimbatore city. The home garden surveys revealed that totally 90 species, were enlisted in the sampled areas and of them the higher species richness of 26 were found in Vadavalli residential area. Overall 47 families were recorded, among them Acanthaceae and Apocyanaceae were more dominant families in the study sites. In the species content 72 were recognized as medicinally important and 18 as ornamental. It was further known that the residents of middle class earned sizeable income through vegetables in addition to fulfilling their day to day need while the residents of upper class highly preferring ornamental species. Few species like Saraca indica, the endemics are well protected by cultivation in homegardens. Thus the present study presumes that home gardens satisfy various household needs and conserve medicinally valuable species.

scholarly journals SPECIES DIVERSITY, UTILIZATION AND CONSERVATION IN HOME GARDENS OF SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS, COIMBATORE, INDIA.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamuna S ◽  
Subhasree R ◽  
Karthika K ◽  
Paulsamy S ◽  
Thenmozhi K
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Home Gardens ◽  
The Other ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Celosia Cristata ◽  
Number Of Plant Species

The present study was aimed at documenting species composition, utilization and conservation of plant species growing in home gardens of 10 residential areas of Coimbatore city, India. Household interviews and home garden surveys revealed that all the 109 plant species included in 60 families included have someeconomic uses or with ornamental significance. Higher number of species was herbs followed by shrubs, trees, climbers, succulent herbs, vines and sub-shrubs. The families viz., Asteraceae, Apocynaceae and Acanthaceae contributed higher number of plant species than the other families to the home gardens. Thespecies namely, Celosia cristata, Chrysanthemum odoratum and Ocimum basilicum have registered 50% frequency among the home gardens sampled which indicates that these species have distributed and maintained in comparatively higher number of home gardens. The home garden species are mainly under thecategories of vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, economic important species and medicinal. These results further report revealed that homegardens satisfy various household needs like food, ornamentals, medicines, building material, religious and ceremonial uses.

scholarly journals Stegomyia indices of Aedes aquatic stages in El Geneina town, Western Sudan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Abdul Kareem Hamid ◽  
Hiba Hussein Musa ◽  
Adla Gassim Ahmed ◽  
Tayseer Ali Abdul Azeez ◽  
Asma Hamza Adam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Fever ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Water Tanks ◽  
Clay Pots

Background: Darfur in Western Sudan has the most volatile camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and has experienced several outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. Aims: To determine the prevalence and Stegomyia indices of Aedes aquatic stages in El Geneina town, Western Darfur. Methods: Cross-sectional entomological surveys of immature stages of Aedes were carried out during August–November 2019 in 4 sites with IDP camps and a residential area with no camp. Results: We searched 17 730 houses, IDP camps and buildings of governmental corporations for Aedes larvae, and 6809 (38.4%) were positive for Aedes aquatic stages. Both Aedes aegypti and Aedes vittatus larvae were found. However, A. aegypti constituted > 90% of the larvae. Six positive water containers were recorded: tyres, clay pots, barrels, plastic water tanks, flower vases and old cars: 26% of 92 tyres contained Aedes larvae compared to 23.8% of 21 old cars and 17.1% of 44 198 clay pots. This suggested that clay pots were the main source of Aedes. The results showed high infestation of El Geneina town with Aedes immature stages in all study sites including public buildings and residential areas with no IDP camps. Stegomyia indices varied among study sites, and were more elevated in sites with IDP camps. For all sites, House index = 38.40, Container Index = 11.40, Breateu index = 13.60 and Pupa Index = 27. Conclusion: Multisectoral response coupled with community participation are urgently needed to reduce the burden of Aedes-borne diseases in the unstable El Geneina town.

The Development of the Southeast Lower Town of Sirkeli Höyük

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-286
Author(s):  
Alexander E. Sollee ◽  
Hannah Mönninghoff ◽  
Ekin Kozal ◽  
Doğa Karakaya ◽  
Joëlle Heim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Stratigraphic Sequence ◽  
The People ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
Archaeobotanical Remains ◽  
Modern Turkey ◽  
Excavation Area

AbstractThe site of Sirkeli Höyük in the province of Adana in modern Turkey is one of the largest settlement mounds in Plain Cilicia. In 2012, a geophysical survey revealed that the ancient settlement was not confined to the höyük, but also encompassed an extensive lower town to the southeast of the main mound. To gain information on the dating and development of this part of the settlement, an excavation area (“Sector F”) was opened at a spot where the magnetometry survey suggested the presence of a city gate. Since then, archaeological work in this area has continuously produced new discoveries that help us understand how this residential area and its inhabitants developed throughout the periods of its occupation. Especially the Iron Age (Neo Cilician period) levels, which cover approximately the 11th–7th centuries B.C., provide important information on how this urban center of the Neo Hittite kingdom Hiyawa/Que changed over time and to which extent historical events impacted the people living in one of its residential areas. This contribution discusses the stratigraphic sequence, the pottery, and the archaeobotanical remains discovered in Sector F during the 2013–2019 campaigns, and concludes with a synthesis of the development in this area from a historical perspective.

Analysis on Parking Problem for Residential Area

2012 ◽  
Vol 193-194 ◽  
pp. 1075-1078
Author(s):  
Xue Ying Wang ◽  
Chun Xiang Liu ◽  
Dong Xu
Keyword(s):  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Paper Analysis ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Parking Problem ◽  
Parking Facilities ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
Living Area ◽  
The Way

Currently, small car quantity of residents in the our country city is raise year by year.The parking problem of in each city's living area is outstanding day by day. Aimming at the difficult problem of parking the car, The paper analysis the reason for producing it, probes the countermeasures and solutions to the parking problems in residential areas from two aspects of parking index and the way of parking facilities.

The Green Building Environment of the Gymnasium

2018 ◽  
Vol 878 ◽  
pp. 202-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Qian ◽  
Li Yang
Keyword(s):  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Outdoor Environments ◽  
Area Planning

The natural ventilation of residential areas has placed more and more emphasis on residential area planning, according to the relationship between natural ventilation environments and the layout of architecture, we can reduce the energy consumption and the adverse effect of wind outdoors, improve the living environment and quality of life, making harmony between human and the nature. In this paper, we use Air-Pak to simulate the wind environment of residential areas. Through analyzing and simulating the air field which forms when the wind blows around the residential buildings by Air-Pak, we explain the advantage of the combination of computer simulation software and residential area planning. And we give some advice to the layout of the outdoor environment early in the residential planning area by the simulation of outdoor environments of buildings.

scholarly journals Householders Attitude, Preferences, and Willingness to Have Home Garden at Time of Pandemics

Horticulturae ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Aydin Basarir ◽  
Noura M. N. Al Mansouri ◽  
Zienab F. R. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Time ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Home Gardens ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social

The value of home gardens has become more apparent among tenants forced into isolation in difficult and uncertain times arising since the COVID-19 pandemic started at the beginning of 2020. While gardens make a significant contribution to the social and ecological environment of cities, most studies have focused on public green spaces. Investigating householder preferences for gardens during and after the mandatory lockdown period in the UAE is required. The main objective of this study is to analyze the householder’s attitude, preferences, and willingness to have home gardens during the pandemic and after. The data were collected via an online survey of randomly selected respondents. A logistic econometrical model was utilized to analyze the factors affecting respondent preferences regarding having a garden. According to the results, the probability of having a garden increases among respondents who produce some crops, have attained Msc/PhD. level, a backyard, and a larger space to cultivate. It decreases among those who are married, find it hard to take care of a garden, and face a weed problem. In conclusions, it is highly recommended for householders to have home gardens, which can provide a quality lifestyle and enhance leisure time during the pandemic and after.

scholarly journals Upgrading Slum Area, Development and Hidden Inequality (Case Study: Kampung Warna-Warni and Kampung Tridi)

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
Faqih Alfian ◽  
◽  
Taufik Akbar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Residential Area ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Slum Area ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
State Recognition ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Right ◽  
Slum Areas

The existence of injustice and inequality in access to the development results of the city. Slum areas have become one of the problems that exist in urban life. This automatically occurs as a result of a normal process called urbanization and development. Where many residents end up occupying non-residential areas due to their limited access. Seeing from the perspective of the access theory, how people live in the area is a form of their right to be able to utilize natural resources. One of these uses is used as a place to live. This study used a qualitative descriptive method, by taking several samples as a source of interviews. The arrangement of the slum area is now moving to another dimension, which is no longer forced evictions, but how to organize and change the residential area to be habitable. There are several indicators used in seeing a residential area that is said to be unfit for habitation. Upgrading slum areas have been able to change areas that were previously unfit to be better and able to meet indicators of the feasibility of residential areas in general. This step is also how the community continues to strive to gain access to the area. Kampung Jodipan and Kampung Tridi have changed their appearance, and have improved the quality of their living environment, with tidier, cleaner, and more affordable access to public services. Apart from the results of this research, there are still some problems, one of which is the uncertainty of land rights, so that they will not know the future of the area they live in now. The guarantee of land ownership is important to fight for equal rights to state services, state recognition, and the right to live in the area.

scholarly journals Assessment of Building Coverage and Environmental Quality of Residential Area in Nkpor Uno Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 019-024
Author(s):  
Aronu Cecilia Nkechi ◽  
Ede Alison Okorie ◽  
Ilo Clementine Ifeyinwa ◽  
Okeke Monique Ugochinyere ◽  
Nwankwo Chidiebere Joy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Compliance Rate ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Free Air ◽  
Inadequate Ventilation ◽  
Air Space

This study was conducted to assess the building coverage and environmental quality of residential area in Nkpor Uno Idemili North L.G, Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey design to find out level of compliance of buildings to planning regulations. One hundred and eighty (180) were interviewed using a modified instrument (questionnaire). The data collected were coded into SPSS and analyzed with descriptive statistics. The results showed that 72(40%) reported inadequate setback as a major effect of over built buildings, 55(30.6%) reported inadequate free air space, 37(20.6%) said inadequate ventilation and lighting. Also, the nature of drainage system provided in residential areas; 76(42.2%) has no drainage system, 70(38.9%) has close drainage system. The building coverage of residential houses in the study area; 60(33.3%) has their building falls under 51-75% for over built, 48(26.7%) has their building falls under 76-100% for overbuilt. For the factors influencing the percentage of area built upon, 57(31.7%) has greed and no money to acquire a large plot of land, 47(26.0%) has no land space to built their desirable house. Then, non adherence to provision of adequate ventilation and lighting in the residential houses in the study area affects the dwellers’ health and such factors can promote communicable diseases. In conclusion, it was observed that the compliance rate was not encouraging because the planning regulations recorded very low compliance as include set–back from property boundaries; inadequate free air space; lost of aesthetic values, and inadequate ventilation and lighting. Therefore, government should embark on enforcement of land use plan, and strategic plans for various towns and villages to accommodate its utilities and facilities.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY FROM INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF SANGO OTA, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
O.A. Oguntade ◽  
V.I. I Fesiokwu ◽  
O. S. Sule
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Total Suspended Solid ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Total Hardness ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
High Concentration

High concentration of contaminants in drinking water can affect human health. This study assessed quality of groundwater at industrial and residential areas of Sango Ota, Ogun State. Water samples were collected in triplicates from 8 wells at industrial and residential areas and analyzed for its physicochemical properties. The pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solid (TDS), nitrate, sulphate, total suspended solid (TSS), total hardness (TH), iron, zinc, copper, lead, nickel, chromium and cadmium concentrations in the water samples were determined following American Public Health Association (APHA) procedure. Results showed that pH of 50 % of the wells were lower than minimum limit of 6.5 recommended by WHO. Sulphate, TH and iron in the water were significantly (p < 0.05) higher at residential area than industrial area. Electrical conductivity exhibited significant (p < 0.01) correlation with TDS (r = 0.701**) and NO32- (r = 0.922**) at residential area. At the industrial area however, concentration of salts in water samples was highly associated with SO42- (r = 0.864**) and Cd (r = 0.587**). Across locations of groundwater, iron and lead were above allowable WHO limits in drinking water. Cadmium was also above drinking limit at location T4 of the residential area. Consumers of groundwater in the study area are prone to health related challenges of heavy metal toxicity.

scholarly journals Comparison of population densities of selected bird species breeding in main urban habitats in southwestern Poland

Biologija ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Kopij
Keyword(s):  
Bird Species ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Pica Pica ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Urban Habitats ◽  
Corvus Cornix ◽  
Reverse Situation

A simplified version of the territory mapping method was used. Four counts were conducted in a fragment of the city of Wrocław in the spring and early summer 2010. Two main urban habitats were distinguished: a densely built-up area with block buildings and a residential area with flat houses. In total, 44 bird species were recorded as breeding in the whole study area. Five species nested in a density higher than 10 pairs per 100 ha each: Columba palumbus, Pica pica, Streptopelia decaocto, Sylvia atricapilla, and Turdus merula. Whereas in the densely built-up areas Columba palumbus and Streptopelia decaocto were equally common, in the residential area Streptopelia decaocto was almost three times more common than Columba palumbus. Pica pica was about three times more common than Corvus cornix both in the builtup areas and in the residential areas. Although densely built-up areas and residential areas have a similar species composition, many species breed in different densities. This is probably due to a different structure of vegetation. While tall trees are relatively common and shrubs rare in the densely built-up areas, the reverse situation prevails in residential areas.

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