my country's construction of greenways has reached more than 80,000 kilometers
Urban greenways link a better life (Beautiful China·Focus on Urban Green Space①)
Editor's note: Greenways link the scenery along the line; parks decorate people's lives; energy-saving buildings contribute to low-carbon development... In recent years, many places in my country have continued to explore new ways of urban green development, allowing cities Not only more beautiful, but also greener and more livable.
What explorations has my country made in terms of urban green development?
What new changes have you brought to people's lives?
From now on, this edition will launch a series of reports on "Beautiful China, Focus on Urban Green Space", focusing on the green living space in the city and approaching the "point of new green" around the people.
"One side is vertical greenery and the other side is the beautiful view of the Yangtze River. Walking for 1 hour a day makes me feel very good!" Meng Yongquan, who is in his 70s this year, lives in the Jingyuan Community of Lishui, Chongqing, just across the road from the water trail in Jiulongtan Plaza. .
Coming here every morning for morning exercises has become his habit.
The road walks in the woods, and the people swim in the painting.
In recent years, all parts of my country have promoted the construction of greenways according to local conditions, highlighted regional characteristics, dressed up the city's style, and built more green living spaces for residents.
According to data provided by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, by the end of 2021, more than 80,000 kilometers of greenways have been built nationwide.
What ecological value does the continuous greenway have?
What about its planning and construction?
What areas need to be improved in the future?
Create a green living space with vitality and temperature
"You can take a walk, walk your baby, and exercise." Looking in the direction Meng Yongquan pointed, there is not only a children's playground with slides and trampolines, but also a lot of ornamental flowers and plants.
According to reports, Chongqing is currently building street trails with mountain city characteristics, riverside trails with hydrophilic views, and mountain forest trails for ecological recreation, with a total length of about 1,207 kilometers.
"Greenways rely on natural elements and connect residential areas, parks, scenic spots and important cultural places through comfortable landscaped roads, creating a green living space with vitality and warmth for citizens." Department of Urban Construction, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development About the person in charge.
In addition, greenway construction can also help to consolidate soil and water, purify air, alleviate the urban heat island effect, and provide habitat and migration space for organisms.
The person in charge introduced that the biggest feature of my country's greenway construction is to connect the city's natural landscape and humanities, to serve the people's leisure, recreation and fitness, to promote the coordinated development of urban and rural green, and to allow the people to share the achievements of ecological civilization construction.
At the same time, it pays attention to systematic planning and network formation. At present, all localities are actively promoting the construction of greenway systems, building a greenway network consisting of regional, city (county), and community-level greenways, providing functions such as walking and cycling.
On Qunxing Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, green trees stand on both sides, walking and cycling greenways extend forward, and flower shops and cafes are scattered among them.
"Focusing on building a community greenway network system that is slow-moving priority, green and low-carbon, dynamic and diverse, intelligent and intensive, and has a beautiful interface, during the '14th Five-Year Plan' period, Chengdu will plan to build 1,000 community greenways every year." Chengdu Park City Construction Introduction of the relevant person in charge of the Administration.
Highlight regional characteristics and promote greenway construction according to local conditions
The "Opinions on Promoting the Green Development of Urban and Rural Construction" issued by the Central Office and the State Office proposed to scientifically formulate urban slow-moving system planning, and build bicycle lanes and green lanes according to local conditions.
"In recent years, the greenway construction area has gradually extended from super-large cities to small and medium-sized cities, county towns, etc. In the process of greenway construction, all localities should fully combine their own resource conditions and characteristics, give full play to their advantages, highlight regional characteristics, and take into account the use of the masses. The protection and improvement of the ecological environment." said the relevant person in charge of the Urban Construction Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
In fact, many regions have integrated wisdom, traffic, and sports in the greenway construction process based on local characteristics—
In Hangzhou, Zhejiang, open the "Greenway Butler" applet, you can easily query the surrounding greenways, catering, entertainment and other information. Some greenways are equipped with intelligent trails, and data such as steps, speed, and calorie consumption are clear at a glance; in Xiamen, Fujian, greenways Connected with the urban bicycle travel system, a "walking + public transportation" and "bicycle + public transportation" microcirculation system has been constructed, forming a livable urban transportation system with appropriate speed and flexibility with the main roads; in Chengdu, Sichuan, Tianfu has been built. Nearly 1,300 sports facilities have been added to the greenway, and in 2020, more than 600 themed activities of the greenway health trip will be held.
The relevant person in charge of the Department of Urban Construction of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development believes that to build greenways according to local conditions, environmental-friendly construction with the least interference and the lowest cost should be implemented, so as to bring the masses closer to nature as much as possible. In pursuit of aesthetics, excessive hard paving is used to lay the ground, which is a waste of money and is not conducive to rainwater infiltration. In addition, in the early planning of greenway construction, attention should be paid to connectivity and accessibility to avoid fragmentation and islanding.”
"For example, Nanjing, Jiangsu has built green spaces on both sides of the greenway that are easy to absorb rainwater, using micro-terrain construction, aquatic plant purification and many other technological practices to increase the utilization rate of rainwater resources; Wuhan, Hubei proposed the concept of 'three sides and three sides' in the process of greenway construction. No' (by the mountain, by the water, by the garden, no land acquisition, no demolition, no tree cutting) principle, let the dusty Zhanggong Embankment in the past become densely forested and beautiful in four seasons. These are all good attempts." Chinese Landscape Architecture Jia Jianzhong, secretary general of the Society, gave an example.
Greenway construction still has shortcomings such as uneven spatial distribution and uneven construction level.
At present, my country's greenway construction still has shortcomings such as uneven spatial distribution and uneven construction levels.
"Large-scale greenway construction is relatively concentrated in suburban areas. Community greenways, especially in old urban areas, are underdeveloped, and greenways around the common people are relatively lacking. In addition, greenway service facilities and management and operation levels need to be improved." Wang Panyan, director of the Science and Technology Committee of China Urban Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd., said that the survey shows that users still have higher needs for urban greenways in terms of traffic accessibility, facilities and daily maintenance management.
Wang Panyan suggested to further strengthen the top-level design, coordinate the planning, construction and operation of greenways, improve the quality and efficiency of greenway construction, and increase the construction of greenways in communities, especially in old urban areas.
In addition, combined with urban renewal, actively explore the mode of combining greenway leisure and slow traffic, and effectively revitalize the land resources in the central area of the city according to the characteristics of people's activities and travel.
"By linking various urban space resources, greenways can be built in the work of improving ecological restoration functions, building sponge cities, remediating urban black and odorous water bodies, and renovating old communities." The relevant person in charge of the Urban Construction Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Said that, in the next step, the construction of greenways in urban built-up areas will be strengthened, and the coverage rate of greenway service radius in urban built-up areas will be used as an indicator for the creation of national garden cities.
At the same time, promote the improvement of greenway service facilities, and guide local governments to rationally allocate service stations and supporting service facilities to meet the people's living needs such as being close to nature, recreation and fitness.
Our reporter Ding Yiting