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DOI	10.3390/atmos15040473
	Improvement in the Adaptation and Resilience of the Green Areas of Yerevan City to Climate-Ecological Challenges
	Vardanyan, Zhirayr; Nersisyan, Gayane; Przybysz, Arkadiusz; Elbakidze, Marine; Sayadyan, Hovik; Grigoryan, Manik; Ktrakyan, Sergey; Avetisyan, Gorik; Muradyan, Nelli
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2073-4433
起始页码	15
结束页码	4
卷号	15 期号:4
英文摘要	The services provided by green infrastructures may lead to a decrease in climate-related ecological, social, and health risks, especially in the urban environment. Consequently, the best guarantee to make this environment as safe as possible is to increase the extent of green areas, taking into consideration the functional importance, and climatic-ecological peculiarities of the area. These are also issues for the Republic of Armenia's (RA) capital Yerevan. There the current conditions of the green areas of Yerevan city do not meet the expected requirements of the climatic-ecological development of urban areas. The green area per capita is 8 m2, which is unevenly distributed within 12 different administrative districts of Yerevan city. The aim of this research was to study the natural climatic and ecological conditions of Yerevan city and the status of the green areas of the city. The eco-biological indicators of the trees and shrubs growing in Yerevan green areas have been assessed, and the more resilient plant species have been singled out. All 12 administrative districts of Yerevan have been mapped and the green area per capita for each administrative district has been calculated. The received data have been combined with health indicators and suggestions have been made to add green areas in Yerevan according to the functional significance and sustainability of shrubby species and to their decorative and phyto-filtration properties. The city has unfavorable climatic conditions. It is located in the northern section of the subtropical climatic zone and has a distinct dry continental climate. Temperatures above +40 degrees C are typical, while winter is rather cold and sometimes temperatures may drop below -20 degrees C (in January 2008, it dropped to -27.6 degrees C). The amount of atmospheric precipitation has reduced by 9%. The city is counted as one of the driest urban areas of the South Caucasus. The other unfavorable ecological conditions are heavy traffic, the city's open landfill, the concentration of industrial enterprises, large-scale construction works, etc. The atmospheric concentrations of particulate matter (PM), gases and heavy metals have been detected to exceed the permitted limits. In terms of health care, the death cases due to various diseases (acute respiratory, vascular, and cancer) have increased, which requires complex activities to reduce environmental pollution and to improve the microclimate.
英文关键词	climate-ecological condition; green areas; air pollution; climate change; sanitary-hygienic conditions; tree-bush composition; Yerevan city
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001210119300001
来源期刊	ATMOSPHERE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/305925
作者单位	National Academy of Sciences of Armenia; Institute of Botany after A.L. Takhtajyan - NAS RA; Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Ministry of Education & Science of Ukraine; Ivan Franko National University Lviv; Yerevan State University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Vardanyan, Zhirayr,Nersisyan, Gayane,Przybysz, Arkadiusz,et al. Improvement in the Adaptation and Resilience of the Green Areas of Yerevan City to Climate-Ecological Challenges[J],2024,15(4).
APA	Vardanyan, Zhirayr.,Nersisyan, Gayane.,Przybysz, Arkadiusz.,Elbakidze, Marine.,Sayadyan, Hovik.,...&Muradyan, Nelli.(2024).Improvement in the Adaptation and Resilience of the Green Areas of Yerevan City to Climate-Ecological Challenges.ATMOSPHERE,15(4).
MLA	Vardanyan, Zhirayr,et al."Improvement in the Adaptation and Resilience of the Green Areas of Yerevan City to Climate-Ecological Challenges".ATMOSPHERE 15.4(2024).