Complexity of woody plants application in greening of ground constructions on urban green spaces - a review

Abstract

In terms of the preservation and conservation of the soils, including those in the urban green spaces, the great emphasis is laid on the improvement of the landscape engineering techniques, in fact on exploring the possibility of using plants (especially woody species) for binding, strengthening and protection of urban soil material from degradation, loss, baring, rinsing, pollution etc. This paper presents a review of complexity of the woody plants use in stabilization and strengthening of soil materials and ground construction when establishing in the various types of urban green spaces, in order to improve the protection strengthening techniques of the urban soils. By defining the main problems of the woody plants application for the ground construction stabilization on the urban green spaces, this paper systematize guidelines about what is special within the landscape engineering approach in the application of the biotechnical methods in urban areas.