Trees and shrubs of Perm

Komsomolsky Avenue
Spruces in front of Cultural and Business Center

The area of trees and shrubs in the city of Perm in 2000 was:[1]

Category of trees and shrubs Area (km²)
of common use
(gardens, parks, boulevards)		 7.51
of limited use
(inside the dwelling blocs, at the territories of schools, hospitals, another institutions)		 10.39
of special use
(protective sanitary plantations, cemeteries and so on.)		 10.20

In 2000, by the order of city administration Perm State University drew up an inventory of trees and shrubs, which embraced Industrialny and Leninsky city districts completely and other city districts partially.[2] 697,055 trees was taken into account.

District Explored area (km²) Wood area (km²) Total length of paths (km)
Dzerzhinsky 20.50 1.16 64.4
Kirovsky 20.32 2.109 86.8
Motovilikhinsky 34.32 1.725 88.4
Ordzhonikidzevsky 33.94 2.453 62.7
Sverdlovsky 28.88 2.145 159.0
District Total amount of trees Prevailing types, % Amount of old trees Amount of trees,
that require replacement
Dzerzhinsky 72,302 Poplar — 20.03
Norway Maple — 16.38
Acer negundo — 12.9		 4,856 (6.71%) 948 (19.52%)
Kirovsky 188,497 Pine — 29.37
Poplar — 26.12
Acer negundo — 13.2		 98,374 (52.18%) 2,322 (2.36%)
Motovilikhinsky 129,888 Acer negundo — 27.62
Poplar — 15.88
Willow — 14.05		 13,603 (10.47%) 1,419 (10.43%)
Ordzhonikidzevsky 101,566 Poplar — 24.09
Birch — 17.32
Acer negundo — 13.02		 1,928 (1.89%) 1,297 (67.27%)
Sverdlovsky 163,945 Acer negundo — 24.82
Willow — 15.94
Poplar — 13.18		 6,133 (3.74%) 642 (10.47%)
Leninsky 13,151 Acer negundo — 30.22
Tilia — 18.6
Poplar — 15.23		 3,283 (14.53%) 897 (27.32%)
Industrialny 27,706 Poplar — 36,99
Acer negundo — 23,63
Birch — 14.63		 1,911 (11.85%) 1,748 (91.47%)

The city administration makes efforts to plant trees and shrubs. Since 1999, a "Green Wall" campaign is conducted with the purpose of increase in quantity of trees and shrubs. The action is realized by force of OTOSes, schoolchildren and volunteers.

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Russian) Состояние и охрана окружающей среды г. Перми в 2000 г.: Справочно-информационные материалы. / Муниципальное управление по экологии и природопользованию. Пермь, 2001. PDF
  2. ^ (in Russian) Состояние и охрана окружающей среды г. Перми в 2001 г.: Справочно-информационные материалы. / Муниципальное управление по экологии и природопользованию. Пермь, 2002. PDF


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