{"id":4259,"date":"2026-02-28T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/?page_id=4259"},"modified":"2026-02-28T20:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:56:04","slug":"volume-19-issue-03-pg-71-92-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/?page_id=4259","title":{"rendered":"Volume 19, Issue 03, Pg. 71-92, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development<\/strong>
\nOpen-access peer-reviewed journal\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.64211\/oidaijsd190306
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Assessment of Urban Green Space Dynamics towards Mitigating the Environmental Stress in Vijayawada City, Andhra Pradesh, India<\/strong><\/p>\n

Praveena K 1*<\/sup>, Adinarayanane Ramamurthy 2<\/sup>, Ramesh Srikonda 3
\n<\/sup><\/strong>1,2,3<\/sup> Department of Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, India. Government of India.
\n*Corresponding authour: praveenareddy.k.ce@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Volume 19, Issue 03, Pg. 71-92, 2026.<\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/strong>Urban green spaces are recognized as essential elements of cities. They offer multiple benefits, including mitigating the urban heat island effect and its negative impact on public health. They also present opportunities for people to interact, recreate, and connect with nature.\u00a0Rapid urbanization leads to a significant transformation of green spaces to impervious surfaces and urban infrastructures. A large number of cities throughout the world have experienced \u201curban heat island\u201d (UHI) effects. UHI are characterized by a temperature difference between urban and rural regions. Urban green spaces can contribute to a broad range of ecosystem services, among which temperature mitigation is regarded as an important ecosystem regulating service. Understanding the influences of green space dynamics on the temperature variability is therefore of great interest for mitigating the UHI effect in cities. The UHI effect can be assessed by measuring surface air temperature and land surface temperature in the system.\u00a0This study investigated green space dynamics and land surface temperature in the Vijayawada City, Andhra Pradesh, India. This research study addresses the pressing concern of environmental stress and green infrastructure (GI) deficiency, a rapidly urbanizing Tier-II study city. The central empirical concern is to assess spatial patterns of ecological degradation by integrating satellite-derived indices viz., Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Land Surface Temperature (LST), Urban Heat Island (UHI), Air Quality Index (AQI), and City Biodiversity Index (CBI). These indicators are employed to diagnose areas with inadequate green cover, extreme thermal exposure, and air quality, which often overlap with low-income and high-density urban zones.<\/p>\n

The researchers have made systematic analysis and employed geospatial approach using multi-temporal Landsat imagery for quantification of NDVI and LST for the study region. UHI is computed by comparing urban LST with rural baselines. The biodiversity metrics are assessed using the Singapore Index Framework. Spatial overlays, zonal statistics, and descriptive ward-level synthesis are applied to integrate these indicators within ArcGIS 10.8. version. The result reveals 79% decrease in average NDVI during 1990 to 2024, with built-up areas increasing from 37% to more than 60%. LST values surpass 30\u00b0C in multiple wards, and UHI intensities reach up to 9\u00b0C, in thermally stressed zones like, Wards 2, 8, and 54. AQI values consistently exceed the permissible PM\u2082.\u2085 limit, especially in industrial and commercial corridors. Biodiversity analysis yields a critically low CBI score of 32\/92, reflecting habitat fragmentation and weak urban ecology governance in the system. These findings highlight the zones with cumulative environmental burdens, particularly in low-income wards, which are lacking access to GI. Based on the results, the study evolves a Green Infrastructural Planning Framework and to recommend strategies\/guidelines for mitigation of Environmental Stress. Finally, the study concludes that spatially disaggregated, multi-indicator diagnostics are vital for prioritizing GI interventions in the system. The proposed framework can guide municipal administrators, urban planners, policy makers in allocating green resources equitably in cities might provide greater benefits for climate mitigation.<\/p>\n

Keywords:<\/strong> Urban Green Space, Urban Heat Island, Environmental Stress, Biodiversity Index, Green Infrastructure Planning.<\/p>\n

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OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development Open-access peer-reviewed journal\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.64211\/oidaijsd190306 Assessment of Urban Green Space Dynamics towards Mitigating the Environmental Stress in Vijayawada City, Andhra Pradesh, India Praveena K 1*, Adinarayanane Ramamurthy 2, Ramesh Srikonda 3 1,2,3 Department of Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, India. Government of India. *Corresponding authour: praveenareddy.k.ce@gmail.com Volume 19, Issue 03, Pg. 71-92, 2026. Abstract: Urban green spaces are recognized as essential elements of cities. They offer multiple benefits, including mitigating the urban heat island effect and its negative impact on public health. They also present opportunities for people to interact, recreate, and connect with nature.\u00a0Rapid urbanization leads to a significant transformation of green spaces to impervious surfaces and urban infrastructures. A large number of cities throughout the world have experienced \u201curban heat island\u201d (UHI) effects. UHI are characterized by a temperature difference between urban and rural regions. Urban green spaces can contribute to a broad range of ecosystem services, among which temperature mitigation is regarded as an important ecosystem regulating service. Understanding the influences of green space dynamics on the temperature variability is therefore of great interest for mitigating the UHI effect in cities. The UHI effect can be assessed by measuring surface Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4261,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4259\/revisions\/4261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}