Build and make good use of urban parks (vertical and horizontal)
Today, the construction of urban parks is increasingly becoming an important way to lead the development of urban ecological civilization and an important way to meet the needs of the people for a better life. To make good use of urban parks, it is advisable to take practical measures in transforming new concepts, launching new projects, and establishing a new image. Specifically, practical efforts can be made in concept driven, factor driven, point surface interaction, and cultural tourism integration.
Parks are an important component of cities. For urban managers, they should build around the needs of citizens, transform according to their wishes, and respond to their voices to improve. Practice has shown that citizens have both ornamental and convenient requirements for parks, as well as expectations for improvement. This requires us to establish the concept of "People's Park for the People", further improve our planning, broaden our thinking, and make our image more vivid, so that the people can have a greater sense of gain.
The key to making good use of urban parks is to leverage many elements of park construction. Further handling the relationship between greenery, rivers and lakes, and environmental protection is necessary to better protect the ecological reputation of the city; Effectively strengthening the protection of existing cultural relics and historical sites, inheriting the historical context of the park, adding cultural landscapes, can enrich the park experience; According to needs and reality, timely launch a batch of creative projects, create characteristic node areas, carry out research tours, nature education public welfare activities, etc., which can increase the fun of citizen play. At the same time, integrating elements and striving to create a better leisure environment within the limited space of the park can create better tourist destinations.
For a city, making good use of the scattered urban parks can help fully tap into its potential and leverage its advantages. Taking Shanghai as an example, as of the end of 2022, the total number of urban and rural parks in Shanghai has reached 670, basically achieving an urban ecological pattern where citizens have green spaces within 5 to 10 minutes of going out, scenery within 15 minutes of cycling, and large parks within 30 minutes of cycling. How to comprehensively consider and combine points and surfaces to promote positive interaction in these parks is a topic worth considering. Given the varying foundations and strengths, parks in different regions should adhere to mutual direction and win-win cooperation while carrying out personalized innovation. In this way, it is possible for points, lines, and surfaces to coordinate and form economies of scale.
With the rise of urban tourism, urban parks are not only cultural carriers but also tourist destinations, and are increasingly becoming an indispensable development space in the integration of culture and tourism. Adapting to new trends, seizing new opportunities, innovating around meeting capacity, enhancing theme, and ensuring return rates, comprehensively improving park management level, can promote the deep development of cultural and tourism integration.
As a public space, parks carry the function of providing sightseeing and leisure places for citizens and tourists, as well as reflecting the ecological value and humanistic care of the city. Whether the construction of parks is coordinated with urban development and matched with public needs is not only a test of a city's development level, but also a test of its governance level.
