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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2008, Volume 2, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11783-008-0029-5

On eco-planning for an eco-demonstration park (EDP) and sustainability

1.Research Center for Urban Eco-Planning & Design, Fudan University;Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz; 2.Research Center for Urban Eco-Planning & Design, Fudan University; 3.Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz

Available online: 2008-06-05

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Abstract

The background, concept, connotation, principles, and methods of eco-planning for an Eco-Demonstration Park (EDP) and sustainability were examined based on a case study of the Luhua EDP in the Chongming Island of Shanghai, China, which is an important part of Shanghai Eco-city planning and construction in the 21st century. By analyzing natural, social and economic conditions, calculating population using the land capacity eco-model, eco-function zoning, and eco-construction, an innovative eco-industrial structure and technical chain were formulated. A comprehensive eco-planning scheme for the EDP was proposed, including planning and management strategies for subsystems of efficient industry, good quality human settlement, high standard eco-construction and eco-tourism as well as effective environmental protection and attractive landscape. The EDP should be an area with coordinated and sustainable economic, social and environmental subsystems. Eco-planning for the EDP should be a very important part of eco-city planning and sustainability. The paper aims to set up a theoretical framework and practical basis for eco-planning and promoting harmony between human and nature.

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