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YEREVAN IS BECOMING A DESERT

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When Alexander Tamanyan was processing the main plan of Yerevan in 1924, he foresaw it for not more than 400 000 people in the capital. The great architect planned the green areas necessary for the city for that amount of people.

In 1940-1950 the authorities started to create green areas in Yerevan using about 200 sorts of trees and bushes. These data have been announced by the coalition SOS-Yerevan. The coalition organized a seminar titled “Dialogue between ecologists and parties” with the assistance of the National Demographic Institute.

According to the head of the NGO “For Stable Human Development” Karine Danielyan, “Taking into account the urban development norms, there must be about 16-24 square meters of green area for a person”. In 1986, when there were more than a million people in the capital, there was only 12.2 square meters of green are for a person. According to the specialists, in the new plan of Yerevan the number has been reduced to 9.8.

The ecologists announce that the green areas of Yerevan have been reduced more than tree times – 540 hectares instead of the 1817 in 1986.