Recreational use value of Chandigarh city’s urban forestry

"Forests provide a range of benefits (both market and non-market) to the society. These non-market benefits (NMBs) or intangible benefits include open access recreation, public amenity and landscape benefits. Urban forests or urban greens are one of such resources, which are responsible for various environmental, social and educational benefits to the human society. "Therefore, quantitative information on residents’ valuations attached to urban forestry is needed for assessing urban land-use. Keeping these facts in view, an attempt was made to quantify the recreational use benefits of urban forestry of Chandigarh city of India, which has been created after the country’s independence in 1947 and known for its urban forestry in India." [excerpt from introductory paragraph]

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