Ecofriendly Trees for Urban Beautification

Contents: Preface. I. Landscaping: the past, present and future: 1. Trees for the 21 century/K.C. Sahni. 2. A short history of tree culture in India/Sheela Nagar. 3. Trees in Mughal gardens/A.K. Bhatnagar. 4. Needs and planning for avenue trees in cities--a Chandigarh experience/R.K. Kohli. 5. Ornamental tree species in home gardens in Jammu-Tawi/A.K. Dutt. 6. Adorning urban and environ areas of Punjab through trees/M. Sharma. 7. Ornamental trees for environmental conservation and landscaping development in Punjab/G.S. Sangha, Vandana Ahuja and Jasdeep Kaur. II. Landscaping with native tree species: 1. Shade trees for avenues/Manoj Kumar M. Reddy and B.S. Nadagoudar. 2. Native Indian trees for landscaping/S.K. Bhattacharjee. 3. Landscaping with native tree species/Brijendra Singh and Gunjeet Kumar. 4. Ornamental trees and plants for temperate regions/R.R. Singh. 5. Important medicinal trees for urban landscaping/R.R. Singh. III. Tree management and genetic improvement: 1. Low growing trees : their breeding and cytology in India/R.L. Misra, Desh Raj and Sita Ram. 2. Genetic improvement of ornamental trees for urban beautification/D.S. Sidhu and G.P.S. Dhillon. 3. Cytogenetical status of NW Indian ornamental hardwoods/B.S. Gill and V.K. Singhal. 4. Potential of vegetative propagation in tree improvement/P.K. Khosla. 5. Integrated management of ornamental and shade tree diseases/V.K. Gupta and R.C. Sharma. 6. Insect-pest problems of trees in urban ecosystems and their management/T.D. Verma. 7. Urban green area management/R. Prabhakar Rao. 8. Managing nurseries of tree species for planting in urban centres of hilly areas/G.S. Shamet and Satyavir Singh. 9. General management technique of urban trees/G. Gopinath and J.V. Narayana Gowda. 10. Marketing and management of ornamental planting stock/O.P. Sehgal.

Architecture and silvics: 1. Arboreal components in landscaping and architectural uses/K.D.S. Mankotia. 2. Maintenance and repair of urban trees/G.S. Sangha, Jasdeep Kaur and Vandana Ahuja. 3. Ornamental trees in relation to urban landscaping and architecture use/B.K. Dhaduk. 4. Management of Chinar/S.S. Sagwal. 5. Ornamental trees--year round bloomings/Satyavir Singh, Y.P. Sharma and G.S. Shamet. 6. Governing even without soil, sun, servant space (S4)/Alam Manzar and Alam Jawaid. V. Trees for ecofriendly plantations: 1. Landscaping against air pollutants/R.L. Misra and L.N. Mahawer. 2. Trees for combating dust and noise pollution/L.N. Mahawer and R.L. Misra. 3. Need for urban plantation/N.C. Jain. 4. Pollution indicator trees/M.U. Kukadia. 5. Strategies the eco-friendly plantation in and around cities/B.S. Nadagoudar and Manoj Kumar M. Reddy. Species index. Appendix: Panorama of trees in India/R.K. Kohli, H.P. Singh, A. Sharma and D.R. Batish.

"This book, dedicated to late Dr. M.S. Randhawa who is synonymous with the beautification of Chandigarh, "The City Beautiful", forms a compendium of invited articles presented during M.S. Randhawa Memorial National Symposium on Trees for Beautification and Eco-friendly Plantations in Cities held at Chandigarh on February 10-11, 1996.

"The text is divided into five sections namely; landscaping; past, present and future; landscape with native trees, genetic improvement and management of trees; architecture and silvics of ornamental trees and trees for ecofriendly plantations. The topics ranging from case histories of landscaping in the pre-historic past alongwith the articles on trees for 21st century provide the background material for urban beautification. The articles dealing with architectural concept of tree planting forms the species feature.

"The manuscript includes papers on choice of species for pollution control. Genetic improvement and management aspect is also duly covered. In order to give a comprehensive list of Indian trees, a summary article on panoramic view of Indian trees including botanical names, local names, time and colour of flowering and propagation method is also appended.

"It is hoped that this book will serve the purpose of students, teachers, scientists, NGOs, architects, policy planners, land scappers, etc in their pursuits on the ornamentation of cities." (jacket)