Composition, Structure, Spatial Organization and Current Condition of the Urban Forest in a Large City (on the Example of the Beyond the River Part of Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia)

Abstract

Abstract The article presents the results of research on the current condition – the breed composition, quality characteristics and spatial organization of the urban vegetation in a city with a population of more than a million people on the example of the Beyond the river part of the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The research is based on field work, carried out by the authors in the period 2016-18, processed using GIS technologies, and supplemented by the results of analysis of remote sensing data, interpolation, statistical analysis, correlation of the composition and structure of tree stands and functional zones of the Beyond the river part of the city. In addition to the analysis of qualitative and quantitative characteristics of trees in the territory of the Beyond the river part of Nizhny Novgorod, the article presents the results of a comparative evaluation of the provision of urban forest areas of the Beyond the river part of Nizhny Novgorod (according to the results of interpolation). The main problems of the current condition and spatial organization of urban forest in the Beyond the river part of Nizhny Novgorod are identified.