Constructing China's greenways naturally |
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Authors: | Chengli Xu Huihai Ye Shixiong Cao |
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Institution: | a Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation & Combat, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, PR China b Environmental Engineering Research Center, Research Institute of Highways, Beijing 100088, PR China |
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Abstract: | Roads are a prominent feature of many landscapes, and high road densities create correspondingly high ecological impacts by altering landscape patterns, interrupting ecological flows, increasing erosion, fragmenting habitat, and facilitating the spread of invasive species. Here, we describe the construction of “near-natural greenways” that produce environmentally and socially harmonious road systems that meet the needs of both the environment and the socioeconomic development in China and that satisfy environmental, ecological, educational, traffic safety, economic, and sustainable developmental goals. In the last decade, China has embarked upon the implementation of a network of near-natural greenways with the vision of linking economic development with nature conservation by means of improved rehabilitation of existing road systems and improved construction of new roads. Ecological science, and especially landscape ecology, will play an important role in the planning and implementation of future near-natural greenways in China and around the world. |
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Keywords: | Near-natural greenway Road construction Natural landscape Harmonious road systems Sustainable development |
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