A sustainable landscape ecosystem design: a case study

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2010-05, Vol.1195 Suppl 1 (s1), p.E154-E163
• Main Authors: Huang, Lei-Chang, Ye, Shu-Hong, Gu, Xun, Cao, Fu-Cun, Fan, Zheng-Qiu, Wang, Xiang-Rong, Wu, Ya-Sheng, Wang, Shou-Bing
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Conservation of Natural Resources - trends; Ecosystem; Environment Design - trends; Humans; Plants
• ISSN: 0077-8923; 1749-6632
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05410.x

Landscape planning is clearly ecologically and socially relevant. Concern about sustainability between human and environment is now a driving paradigm for this professional. However, the explosion of the sustainable landscape in China is a very recent phenomenon. What is the sustainable landscape? How is this realized in practice? In this article, on the basis of the reviews of history and perplexities of Chinese landscape and nature analysis of sustainable landscape, the ecothinking model, an implemental tool for sustainable landscape, was developed, which applies ecothinking in vision, culture, conservation and development of site, and the process of public participation for a harmonious relationship between human and environment. And a case study of the south entrance of TongNiuling Scenic Area was carried out, in which the most optimum scenario was chosen from among three models according to the ecothinking model, to illustrate the construction of the ecothinking model and how to achieve a sustainable landscape.