ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF DOMINANT ROADSIDE PLANTS THROUGH APTI AND API FOR SUSTAINABLE GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT IN COSMOPOLITAN CITY (LAHORE) OF PAKISTAN

Ecological evaluation of dominant roadside plants through APTI and API for sustainable green belt development in cosmopolitan city (Lahore) of Pakistan

Abstract Keeping in view the potential role of plants in pollution abatement, reclamation of urban forest cover and carbon sequestration, fifteen Sprays (15) plant species growing along 7 busiest roads in the city of Lahore were ecologically evaluated using analytical tools such as Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) and Anticipated Performance In

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Tradition and Transmission: Rocana Assembly in Niche no. 5 at Feilai Feng and Huayan Teaching during the Song Period

The Huayan sutras are important historical references for the Chinese worship of the Rocana Buddha; however, these Huayan sutras provide little help in understanding the worship for the larger Rocana triad (i.e., Rocana Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas) in niche no.5 at the Feilai Feng complex.The Rocana triad images are primarily linked to the B

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