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Green Cover and Green Composites
Green Cover and Green Composites
But there are plenty of its positive effects for which it has to be preferred over other developments.
• It provides both a breath of fresh air for the 30 million people living in or near to our largest towns and cities.
• Green belt grown around the factories and industrial premises improves the condition of land, mitigates air pollution ,
reduces the level of noise pollution and enhance the aesthetics of an area.
How does plantation reduces pollution?
• Pollutants are absorbed most efficiently by plant foliage near the canopy surface, where the
diffusion process is high due to favourable light conditions.
• Choosing plant species for cultivation in green belts, weightage has to be given to the natural
factor of bio-climate.
Requires of ideal plant for green belt
• Fast growth rate for quick development of a canopy;
• Strong branches for a durable canopy to withstand storms;
• Large leaf size for enhanced retention of pollutants;
• Dense foliage for better trapping of pollutants;
• Relatively good tolerance to insects and diseases,
• Tolerance to soil compaction and nutrient stress, and
• Long life span for, an extended longevity of the green belt itself.
Trees to be used
Petroleum refinery plant and other industries
Common name Scientific name
• Safed siris Albizia procera
• Bandar holla Duabanga grandiflora
• Bandicoot berry leea indica
• Sal Shorea robusta
• Pithraj tree Aphanamixis polystachya
• Java pulm syzgium cumini
• Giant cane Arundo donax
• Indian gooseberry phyllanthus emblica
Cement plant
Common name Scientific name
• Mango mangifera indica
• Sisham Dalbergia Sisso
• Bamboo phyllostachys aurea
• Jamun Eugenia jambolana
• China rose hibiscus rosasinensis
To control noise :-
• Pyracantha coccinea
• Cotoneaster horizontalis decne
• Berberis thunbergii
Design of Green belt
2)Brazil
• São Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve - GBBR
3)Canada
• Ottawa Greenbelt -
• Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe)
• British Columbia
• Quebec
• São Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve
• Quebec
4)Mainland Europe
• European Green Belt
• Banjica Forest, Belgrade
• Stockholm Eco park
• German Green Belt
• Coulée verte du sud parisien
• Coulée verte du nord parisien
• Promenade plantée
• Vienna Woods, Austria
5)New Zealand
• Dunedin's Town Belt
6)Pakistan
• Islamabad
7)Philippines
• Makati City's green belt
8)Thailand
• Bangkok's Bang Krachao Green
9)South Korea
• Seoul
10)United Kingdom
• The Metropolitan Green Belt (5,133 km²)
• The North West Green Belt (2,578 km²)
• South and West Yorkshire Green Belt (2,556 km²)
• West Midlands Green Belt (2,315 km²)
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11)United States