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On eco-planning for an eco-demonstration park (EDP) and sustainability—Case study of the Luhua EDP in the Chongming Island of Shanghai, China

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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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  1. Research Center for Urban Eco-Planning & Design, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Xiangrong Wang, Yi Yong, Hao Zhang, Pingjian Wang, Shoubing Wang & Weizhen Chen

  2. Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New York, 12561, USA

    Xiangrong Wang, Shixiong Wang & Hing Hon Ho

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Wang, X., Yong, Y., Wang, S. et al. On eco-planning for an eco-demonstration park (EDP) and sustainability—Case study of the Luhua EDP in the Chongming Island of Shanghai, China. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. China 2, 178–186 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-008-0029-5

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