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State of the Environment in Riga 2001
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Agenskalns bay

Daugavgriva Nature Protected Area

                               Source: Patricia LTD                                                                       Photo: O. Opermanis


In the course of the development of the Riga City , a certain pattern of use of specific territories has evolved. The area of the Riga City within its administrative boarders is 30 717 ha of which 25 317 is dry land (see Figure 20 )  .

The dominant land use is natural and planted green areas  constituting 11 252 ha or 36.6 % of the total area of the city.

The distribution of the green areas in Riga is rather unbalanced.

With the present distribution, the natural green areas in the peripheries do not perform the functions assigned to them in the Official Plan.

The acutest problems exist in the central part, where economic activities exert pressure on the greenery thus diminishing it and threatening to diminish the quality of the environment in future.

 

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This page was last updated: 2003.03.31.