RAJESH KUMAR AND PRAKASH LAKHCHAURA

CLIMATE CHANGE Urban Trees for Combating Climate Change

The urban environment of modern India has undergone a dramatic change predominated by concrete structures, congested commercial spaces and incessant traffic. The degeneration of living environment in urban areas is largely due to new housing and townships, electrification, metro rails, widening of roads, increase in automobiles etc. As a result, the balance of urban climate has been disrupted as vegetation is sacrificed to make way for ‘urban development’.

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