Evaluation of methods for estimating water needs of urban green space plants

With the growth of urban population, due to the increase in air pollution and also reaching the desired per capita green space, the need for urban green space development becomes clearer than before. However, the scarcity of extractable water resources raises concerns in this area. Water resources management is the only appropriate and principled solution to compensate for a large part of the water shortage required by green space. Calculating and estimating the water demand of urban green space can be a great help in planning for the optimal use of water resources. In this study, the evapotranspiration of urban green space plants in area one of Tehran Municipality with a net area of ​​1535.4 hectares was estimated using three methods WUCOLS, IPOS and PF. The study area includes 52 different plant species. To calculate the reference evapotranspiration and the amount of effective rainfall, climatic data of the North Tehran Meteorological Station for a period of 30 years (1365-1396) were used. The results showed that the highest amount of calculated water requirement is related to the PF method at the rate of 786.72 mm per year and the lowest is related to the IPOS method at the rate of 378.08 mm per year. Also, the results of this study indicate that the WUCOLS method with a total amount of calculated water requirement of 771.33 mm per year, due to having more and more complete parameters and more appropriate relationship with all objectives in urban green space, a method It is more suitable for estimating the water demand of urban green space.With the growth of urban population, due to the increase in air pollution and also reaching the desired per capita green space, the need for urban green space development becomes clearer than before. However, the scarcity of extractable water resources raises concerns in this area. Water resources management is the only appropriate and principled solution to compensate for a large part of the water shortage required by green space. Calculating and estimating the water demand of urban green space can be a great help in planning for the optimal use of water resources. In this study, the evapotranspiration of urban green space plants in area one of Tehran Municipality with a net area of ​​1535.4 hectares was estimated using three methods WUCOLS, IPOS and PF. The study area includes 52 different plant species. To calculate the reference evapotranspiration and the amount of effective rainfall, climatic data of the North Tehran Meteorological Station for a period of 30 years (1365-1396) were used. The results showed that the highest amount of calculated water requirement is related to the PF method at the rate of 786.72 mm per year and the lowest is related to the IPOS method at the rate of 378.08 mm per year. Also, the results of this study indicate that the WUCOLS method with a total amount of calculated water requirement of 771.33 mm per year, due to having more and more complete parameters and more appropriate relationship with all objectives in urban green space, a method It is more suitable for estimating the water demand of urban green space.With the growth of urban population, due to the increase in air pollution and also reaching the desired per capita green space, the need for urban green space development becomes clearer than before. However, the scarcity of extractable water resources raises concerns in this area. Water resources management is the only appropriate and principled solution to compensate for a large part of the water shortage required by green space. Calculating and estimating the water demand of urban green space can be a great help in planning for the optimal use of water resources. In this study, the evapotranspiration of urban green space plants in area one of Tehran Municipality with a net area of ​​1535.4 hectares was estimated using three methods WUCOLS, IPOS and PF. The study area includes 52 different plant species. To calculate the reference evapotranspiration and the amount of effective rainfall, climatic data of the North Tehran Meteorological Station for a period of 30 years (1365-1396) were used. The results showed that the highest amount of calculated water requirement is related to the PF method at the rate of 786.72 mm per year and the lowest is related to the IPOS method at the rate of 378.08 mm per year. Also, the results of this study indicate that the WUCOLS method with a total amount of calculated water requirement of 771.33 mm per year, due to having more and more complete parameters and more appropriate relationship with all objectives in urban green space, a method It is more suitable for estimating the water demand of urban green space.