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This paper presents a performance evaluation framework for streetscape vegetation. A performance index (PI) is conceived using the following seven traits, specific to the street environments – Pollution Flux Potential (PFP), Carbon Sequestration Potential (CSP), Thermal Comfort Potential (TCP), Noise Attenuation Potential (NAP), Biomass Energy Potential (BEP), Environmental Stress Tolerance (EST) and Crown Projection Factor (CPF). Its application is demonstrated through a case study using fifteen street vegetation species from the UK, utilising a combination of direct field measurements and inventoried literature data. Our results indicate greater preference to small-to-medium size trees and evergreen shrubs over larger trees for streetscaping. The proposed PI approach can be potentially applied two-fold: one, for evaluation of the performance of the existing street vegetation, facilitating the prospects for further improving them through management strategies and better species selection; two, for planning new streetscapes and multi-functional biomass as part of extending the green urban infrastructure.Green infrastructure; Multi-functional; Pollution; Performance index; Streetscape
Author(s): Tiwary A, Williams ID, Heidrich O, Namdeo A, Bandaru V, Calfapietra C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Environmental Pollution
Year: 2016
Volume: 208
Issue: Part A
Pages: 209-220
Print publication date: 01/01/2016
Online publication date: 26/09/2015
Acceptance date: 03/09/2015
Date deposited: 04/05/2016
ISSN (print): 0269-7491
ISSN (electronic): 1873-6424
Publisher: Pergamon Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.003
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.003
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