Building Urban Nature

Category: Stakeholders Engagement

  • Wuhan East Lake Green Corridor

    Wuhan East Lake Green Corridor

    Location

    East Lake, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

    Size

    12 ha

    Project Team

    A.T. Design Office
    AECOM
    SWA Group
    EDSA
    Atlas
    Beilinyuan

    Project Year

    2019 – 2020

    Phase

    Maintenance

    Key Tensions

    Meet the planner and the water ecologist- Ms. Yujie Cao and Dr. Lihong Wang

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    East Lake Ecological Planning: Integration of Landscape, Ecology, and Urban Planning in China

    East Lake, located in the center of Wuhan, China, is among the first National Parks of China, a 5A-level scenic area, and a national wetland park. It is also one of the largest ecological restoration projects for urban freshwater lakes in the country. In the planning of Wuhan East Lake Greenway, how does ecological restoration coordinate with urban planning and landscape design?

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    Wuhan East Lake Water Ecological Restoration: A Systematic Approach

    Wuhan East Lake covers a water area of 33 square kilometers. From Wuhan’s once largest state-run fishery to China’s eco-tourism demonstration zone, How has its water environment changed? What strategies for the ecological restoration of water bodies have been tested?

  • Ho Sheung Heung 河上鄉

    Ho Sheung Heung 河上鄉

    Location

    Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong

    Size

    37 ha

    Project Team

    The Conservancy Association

    Project Year

    2005 – present

    Phase

    Maintenance

    Key Tensions

    Meet the arborist and the conservationist – Ms. Kami Hui

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    Long Valley Freshwater Agricultural Wetland Management: Collaborations between ENGOs and Local Farmers in Ho Sheung Heung

    Long valley is the largest contiguous freshwater wetland in Hong Kong. It has been called the first case in HK that conservation groups won the contest with development. Through a series of protests, a piece of wetland with high ecological values was protected when (Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation) KCR proposed to build the new Lok Ma Chau Spur Line in 2000. Today, Ho Sheung Heung farmland management,  as the Long Valley Management Agreement (LVMA) pilot project, has become a role model for conservation projects in Hong Kong  which integrates agriculture, biodiversity, landscape conservation, cultural heritage, education and local community participation on the same piece of land. 

    How are Wetland farming contributing to the local biodiversity and ecological restoration?  What is the role of green groups in the cooperation of various actors?