Paving a New Scroll of "Ecological Green City", Wuxi, Jiangsu: "Planting" this Green City | City | Green City
After the completion of the overall lifting project of the Dushan Causeway between the Taihu Lake Lake and Lihu Lake, the road to Yuantouzhu Scenic Area will be "more interesting than interesting": the viewing pavilion in the middle of the lake can enjoy the scenery of the Taihu Lake Lake at a close distance, the widened forest trail can stop and play, and walking in the garden and flower mirror landscape along the line is like "people traveling in painting".
The renovation of the embankment is a microcosm of Wuxi's active efforts to create a national ecological garden city. The reporter learned from the Wuxi Municipal Administration and Landscape Bureau that this year Wuxi has ushered in the year of assessment and acceptance for a national ecological garden city. After three years of hard work in creating, the city has formed a relatively complete green ecological system, and all creation indicators have met or exceeded the selection criteria.
In recent years, the roadmap for Wuxi to strive for becoming a national ecological garden city has gradually become clear, from "filling gaps" to create high-quality green spaces in the city, to "improving quality" to endow urban green spaces with multiple functions, and then to "integrating precision" to expand green spaces across the entire area.
Insert green into the gaps, fill in the gaps, and create a "high-quality space"
"This is a 'wave barrier wall' with an elevation of 6.5 meters and flood control function. According to the relevant person in charge of the Construction Bureau of the Economic Development Zone, in recent years, the water level of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal has reached new highs during the flood season. The upstream Changzhou and downstream Suzhou Grand Canal have basically completed the construction of embankments in accordance with the new engineering and water conditions, and the Wuxi section of the canal embankment has become a weak link and weakness in the flood control of the Sunan Canal.". The landscape improvement on the west bank of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal was carried out by the construction department using the terrain to shape a "wave barrier wall", which reached the requirement of 6.5 meters in embankment elevation. In some areas, "gabion barrier walls" were adopted to meet the embankment elevation requirements.
The west bank of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal is about 2.5 kilometers long, starting from Hongxi Bridge on Canal West Road and ending at Xucaihe Bridge. Originally, the embankment was covered with sloping lawns and ornamental trees, and the green space resources were good, but ecological benefits were not formed. The municipal green belt has not left sufficient activity space, and the lack of a trail system prevents citizens from enjoying the high-quality environment of the waterfront area. In November last year, the landscape renovation project of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal officially started construction, and the renovation was completed this year, with a renovation area of about 70000 square meters, becoming a model pilot section for the Grand Canal renovation.
Coincidentally, the once disorderly urban idle land has now achieved a "zero distance" of seeing greenery and water, and the junction of Jingbang and Liangxi River has become a beautiful space for citizens to rest. Walking along the riverbank, the newly built semi-circular artificial wetland is divided into four layers, including colored permeable concrete roads, wooden walkways and railings, as well as a small landscape formed by more than 10 types of green plants such as banana and fine leaved mango. Stones, gravel, sand particles, etc. are distributed among them. This round of Two Rivers renovation meets the needs of the people to "see the green and be close to the water", opening up the space along the river and attracting a group of citizens and tourists to go and appreciate the green and water.
"In addition to landscaping, there is also an ecological purification function here. Every day, the water from the Xianjing River is pumped into the wetland and purified layer by layer before flowing into the Liangxi River, which can effectively improve the water quality and transparency of the tributary." said the person in charge of Wuxi Urban Construction Development Group. Driven by this model, the 23 tributaries of Liangxi River have also constructed artificial wetlands, which not only beautify the riverbanks but also purify the river water.
To fill the gap in urban development, revitalize and revitalize urban green spaces, Wuxi actively promotes urban renewal and sponge city construction, accelerates the construction of high-quality green spaces such as urban greenways, pocket parks, and waterfront open spaces, enhances the coverage of park green activity areas and the level of urban green space sharing, and extends green space to multi-dimensional spaces such as buildings, streets, and waterfront.
"Splashing green" with a brush, upgrading and polishing the "urban skyline"
In the hot summer, entering Caozhang Road is like entering a "green tunnel", with more than 110 French wutong trees on both sides achieving 100% green coverage. The age of these French wutong trees is basically more than 40 years, and the maximum diameter at breast height is 50 cm. The lush branches and leaves touch each other at the top, forming an arc-shaped dome, creating a "cool defense line" for people coming and going.
In the old urban areas where every inch of land is precious, the space for planting greenery is becoming increasingly scarce. How can we feel more bird songs and the fragrance of flowers in limited space? Arriving at the intersection of Renmin Road and Jiefang West Road, a huge green wall stands out. This green wall is based on the cultural heritage of Wuxi's mountains and rivers, and presents a stunning scene of ups and downs and magnificent waves through its winding and smooth design. The wall is also adorned with cold resistant and gorgeous alum roots, giving people a visual feast. Whenever night falls, the green wall is illuminated by a light show, and the night scene mode creates a new realm of beauty, allowing people to enjoy a beautiful atmosphere that is both hidden and present in the "step by step scenery exchange".
The "Sky Flower Corridor" on the Jincheng Elevated Road, the rose walls on Xingchang Road, and the embroidered ball flowers in Xiaolou Lane... The streets and alleys of Wuxi are surrounded by flowers and plants, even with a sweet fragrance in the wind. In recent years, Wuxi has vigorously carried out road greening landscape improvement and tree lined road construction, completed more than 50 road greening landscape improvement projects such as Gonghu Avenue and the Taihu Lake Avenue, and more than 40 three-dimensional greening demonstration projects such as Inner Ring Elevations, promoted the integration of gardens, landscapes, buildings, and streets, and worked hard to create a poetic urban garden landscape, forming the unique style and charm of Wuxi urban garden greening.
Under the framework of the overall urban planning, Wuxi coordinates the construction of blue-green spaces throughout the city, and plans for the urban green space system, important ecological function protection areas, and biodiversity protection in an orderly manner. Linear spaces such as urban greenways, waterfront blue roads, and shaded scenic roads are integrated to connect and integrate various public parks, wetlands, forests, and nature reserves, organically integrating good mountains, good waters, and beautiful scenery into the city. Over the past three years, Wuxi has built three national wetland parks, including Changchangguangxi, six provincial-level wetland parks, and 29 wetland protection communities. It has also built a large number of high-quality waterfront green spaces, such as the open Bodu River Park and the Liangxi River Landscape Belt. Among them, 10 projects, including the Liangxi River Greenway, Nanchang Street Pocket Park, and the utilization of space under the Shengxin Bridge, have been included in the provincial government's "Enjoy Garden" project.
Whole area "greening", organically integrating to create a "landscape garden city"
The lake breeze is slightly tipsy, and the spring atmosphere is strong. Strolling on the blue permeable walkway of Mashan Tianyuanqiao Wetland Park, it feels like stepping on soft clouds. When tired, sitting on the ground allows for a sunny camping experience. The Tianyuanqiao Wetland Park Phase II project, which ended last year, has added more charm and attracted more popularity to this lakeside park that gathers green water, fragrant grass, redwood, and egrets. It has also left a beautiful mark on the composition of the city's green space system and greenway network.
Tianyuanqiao Wetland Park has transformed the 7-hectare open space at the intersection of Shili Mingzhu Embankment and Meiliang Road into a green and green painting that integrates natural landscapes and urban space. Under the framework of the overall urban planning, the city's urban green space system, important ecological function protection areas, biodiversity protection, and other plans have been launched one after another, coordinating the construction of blue-green spaces, and using a rich "blue-green base" to outline the unique style of a landscape garden city.
Looking at the "transcript" of Wuxi's construction of a national ecological city, a green and green picture of organic integration of natural landscape and urban space is slowly unfolding: in the past three years, Wuxi has been meticulously painting green without stopping, adding more than 800 hectares of green space in the urban area, with an average of 276 hectares added annually. The coverage rate of park green land service radius has reached 93.5%, and the balance, accessibility, and convenience of park green space in the city have been comprehensively improved. At the same time, 76 green spaces and 10 green corridors were announced for permanent protection. The landscape and environmental improvement projects of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal and Liangxi River have been launched successively. In recent years, three national wetland parks, six provincial wetland parks, and 29 wetland protection communities have been built, and a large number of high-quality waterfront green spaces such as the Bodu River Park have been added.
The green mountains and clear waters weave a splendid array, and the magnificent scenery fills the eyes. The person in charge of the Greening Department of Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Landscape Architecture said that in the future, Wuxi will continue to make deep efforts to further optimize the structure of the green space system, accelerate the construction of ecological corridors and green spaces, make the city organically connected with nature, and build a solid ecological foundation for urban development.
