Assessing the structure and moneytary values of trees for sustainable land use in Kuching North City Council
Street trees are important features and asset to the city. Trees and roadside ecosystems are assets that fix carbon, provide shade, filter air and protect from wind, and provide wildlife corridors and habitat. By assigning monetary value to the street trees, it could help initiated the policy mak...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10395/1/Siti%20Meliah.pdf |
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| Summary: | Street trees are important features and asset to the city. Trees and roadside
ecosystems are assets that fix carbon, provide shade, filter air and protect from
wind, and provide wildlife corridors and habitat. By assigning monetary value to the
street trees, it could help initiated the policy makers to recognize the potential
benefits of trees to ensure decisions made are consistent to sustainable urban
planning) This study focuses on the trees structure and its monetary value for
sustainaole land use in North Kuching City Council. The economic values of the
trees planted in Tun Abdul Rahman Yaakub road were estimated using Thyer Tree
Valuation Method. Trees species surveyed were Khaya senegalensis, Samanea
saman, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Pterocarpus indicus, Swietenia macrophylla,
Tabebuia Wallid and Lagerstroemia jloribunda." Approximately 26% of trees
heights were below 15m and 14% were more than 21 meters. The distribution of
trees dbh showed nearly 60% of tree planted in Tun Abdul Rahman Yaakub are in
functional period (> 77cm). Khaya senegalensis has the highest mean economic
value estimated at RM 165473.65 followed by Samanea saman which estimated at
RM 115 468.43. The lowest estimated value of tree species surveyed was
Peltophorum pterocarpum valuated at RM 5763.15. |
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