Pocket parks could be built more

　　Tianjin Heping District recently released information that this year the district plans to increase the greening area by 30,000 square meters and build 5 more pocket parks, so that citizens can walk out of their homes as parks and enhance the appearance of the city.

Last year, the district's urban management committee has carried out greening and upgrading of 33 old communities and 11 surrounding roads of old communities, and built 10 pocket parks.

　　Pocket parks, also known as urban pocket parks, mainly use urban demolition vacated land, corner land, abandoned land and idle land to build open public spaces for residents.

The "small pockets" are the little green "dots" of the city.

As a useful supplement to improve the quality of urban greening, pocket parks appear in high-density central urban areas through the form of inserting greenery and landscaping. cost-effective features.

Compared with large parks with complete facilities, pocket parks have higher utilization rates and complement the existing urban park system.

　　The experience of building pocket parks in Heping District has inspired many large and medium-sized cities with limited land resources: to promote the construction of new cities and improve the quality of greening, it is not necessary to carry out large-scale demolition and construction, but to think about large parks, large water systems, and large green spaces. article.

Large-scale greening projects have a long construction period, high investment, and high resource requirements. They are completely demolished or rebuilt, which are not suitable for old urban areas, communities with a large elderly population, and densely populated central urban areas.

Through scientific planning and layout of urban green rings, green corridors, green wedges and greenways, embedded development of pocket parks according to local conditions, and promotion of ecological restoration and functional improvement projects, a multi-level, multi-functional and complex urban green ecological network can still be formed, which can effectively improve park green space. The service radius coverage rate helps citizens to see green when they go out.

　　To build pocket parks, we must conform to the new concepts and trends of urban development, and learn to use urban space to "watch and cook" and "tailor-made".

Although the "pocket" area is small, it cannot be arbitrarily selected for construction.

For citizens, the site selection of pocket parks should have the characteristics of accessibility and accessibility. It should not be built for construction, but should be scientifically combined with the actual environment of urban construction. The design and construction should be fully considered to truly meet the needs of urban residents. To meet the needs of urban residents, every inch of land in the city can serve urban residents, while avoiding waste of land resources.

　　In the construction of pocket parks, attention should also be paid to the complementarity of functions with the surrounding urban greening carriers.

It is necessary to look at the entire urban park system, enrich the links between large parks and pocket parks, and pay attention to the complementarity of art forms and service groups.

Improving the quality of urban greening is a systematic project, and pocket parks cannot be used once and for all.

When building pocket parks, attention should be paid to incorporating concepts such as "sponge city", smart city, and innovative city, combining rainwater collection, innovative technology application and landscape greening, and strive to achieve equal emphasis on ecological functions and landscape effects.

　　Having said that, the construction of pocket parks, in the final analysis, is to serve the lives of urban people.

To do a good job in this popular project, we must meet the actual needs of the citizens as the foothold, meet the diverse needs of people of different ages and types, and improve the functional facilities in a targeted manner. Various facilities must conform to daily life habits. Beautiful, practical and durable.

　　Zhou Lin