Field Margin Vegetation and Socio-Ecological Environment: Structural, Functional and Spatio-temporal Dynamics in Rural-urban Interface of Bengaluru

✍ Scribed by Sunil Nautiyal, Mrinalini Goswami, Puneeth Shivakumar

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 177
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book has been produced as a part of the project ‘Social-Ecological Systems at the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition’. It addresses transition processes in agriculture and society triggered by urbanization, focusing on Bengaluru as an example of a rapidly growing megacity in India. Adopting a holistic, multidisciplinary approach embedded within a social-ecological systems research framework, it explores how the physical and socio-economic landscapes have led to changes in economic priorities, which have overpowered ecological and traditional priorities with regard to ecosystem governance. Allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of this unexplored dimension of socio-ecological systems, this book is a valuable resource for international researchers, scholars and master’s students in the field of environmental science, socio-ecology, forestry and agriculture.  

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction to Field Margin Vegetation (FMV)
1.1 Agroecosystems and Biodiversity
1.2 Field Margin Vegetation
1.3 Research on FMV
1.4 Importance of FMV
1.5 Significance in Indian Socioecological Systems
1.6 Types of FMV
References
2 Urbanization and Peri-Urbanization in Bengaluru
2.1 Pattern of Urbanization in India
2.2 Urban Primacy; The Case of Bengaluru, Karnataka
2.3 The Push–Pull Paradigm
2.4 Rural-Urban Interface and Concept of Peri-Urbanization
2.5 Fate of India’s Rural-Urban Interfaces
2.6 Bengaluru’s Experience in Rural-Urban Interface
2.7 Looking Forward
2.8 Identifying Agroecosystems in Rural-Urban Interface
2.9 Climate, Forest and Physiography
2.10 Land Use and Agriculture
2.11 Demography and Socioeconomics
References
3 Agroecosystems in Rural-Urban Interface
3.1 Trade-offs in Peri-Urban Agroecosystems
3.2 Socioecological Household Survey and Assessment of FMV
3.3 The Changing Field Margins in Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru
3.4 Socioeconomic Landscape and Direct Economic Benefits from FMV
References
4 Structure and Functions of FMV in Rural–Urban Interface
4.1 Phytosociological Study of Field Margins
4.2 FMV Species Richness and Diversity Indices
4.3 Manipulation and Management of FMV
4.4 Traditional Ecological Knowledge on Field Margin Vegetation
4.5 Way Forward for Enhancing FMV Value and Preserving TEK
References
5 Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Rural-Urban Interface and FMV
5.1 Land Use Land Cover Analysis of Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru
5.2 Methodology and Data Used
5.3 LULCC in Rural-Uurban Interface of Bengaluru Over Four Decades
5.4 Interclass Decadal Change of LULC
5.5 Village-Wise LULC Change
5.6 Vegetation Indices; NDVI and SAVI
References
6 Delineation and Monitoring of FMV
6.1 Remote Sensing in Vegetation Study; Prospect for FMV Mapping
6.2 Methodology for Delineating Field Margin Vegetation
6.2.1 Post Processing
6.3 Delineation of FMV and Accuracy Assessment
References
7 Overview of a Few Important FMV Species and Crop Influencing FMVs of Rural–Urban Interface of Bengaluru
7.1 Pongamia pinnata
7.2 Eucalyptus spp. in Field Boundaries
7.3 Vitis spp.
References
8 Strategizing FMV Conservation for Sustainable Agroecosystems in Rural-Urban Interface
8.1 Why to Retain FMVs and Traditional Agroecosystems
8.2 Strategies for Developing Sustainable Agroecosystems Through Conserving FMV
8.3 Way Forward
References
Annexure A: Tree Species in Six Villages of the Northern Transect of Bengaluru
Annexure B: Shrub Species in Six Villages of the Northern Transect of Bengaluru
Annexure C: Herb Species Listed in Six Villages of the Northern Transect of Bengaluru
Annexure D: Percentage of Farms Having Tree in the Field Margins for Different Crop Groups and Presence of FMV Tree Species (From the Selected Fields of the Northern Transect of Bengaluru)
Annexure E: Relative Density of Herb Species in Six Study Villages of the Northern Transect of Bengaluru
Annexure F: Relative Frequency of FMV-herb Species in Six Study Villages of the Northern Transect of Bengaluru
Annexure G: Photo Plates-Some FMV Species Prevalent in the Northern Transect of Bengaluru
Annexure H: Correlation Between FMV Products and their Economic Benefits in the Northern Transect of Bengaluru
Bibliography