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Eco-Design of the Urban Corridor in View of the Landscape

Ecological Theory
Hao Kaili1,a, Liang Yan2,b*
1Department of Environmental Design, Lanzhou Jiaotong University,Anning District, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
2Department of Environmental Design, Lanzhou Jiaotong University,Anning District, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

Abstract: Benefiting from the rapid development of global economy, a growing number of post-industry
products spring up. In comparison to the population in the suburb, the urban population presents a
significantly increasing tendency. Undoubtedly, the efficient lifestyle, the convenient way of traveling and
the industrial products have caused irresistible threat and damage to the nature. The soil desertification,
saline-alkali land, forest degradation and else environmental issues occur as an obvious warning from the
nature to us. Therefore, it is an imminent research subject at the moment to seek for symbiotic and
harmonious relationship between the human and the nature. The urban landscape is a type of highly
artificial design. In it, the urban corridor develops to steer the development of the overall urban landscape
pattern. In the process of urban corridor design, the landscape ecological theory is essential in practical
application. Spirited by ecological design, the natural ecology landscape is added on the basis of artificial
restoration. This paper profoundly studied the sustainable development of the urban landscape setup, thus
providing healthier and livelier design on the green ecological corridor for the urban dwellers.

of the urban sustainability as well as the way of

1. Explanation for the Concept and balancing the pros and cons in view of “people oriented”
Principle of the Landscape Ecology and “ecology restoration”. Therefore, the author regards
that it is very necessary to further study the landscape
It is indisputable that the landscape ecology, a new ecology.
subject which combines ecology with geography, yet
which is distinguished from the two subjects, creates a
separate researching target. It is a branch of science that 2. Theory and Content of Urban
studies the setup, process and variation of the Ecological Corridor Construction in the
landscaping. In accordance with Foreman’s standpoint, View of Landscape Ecology
“at the beginning of landscape ecology, there isn’t any
other theory that can explain the spatial heterogeneity of
energy, nutrition, substance, water, plants and animals in 2.1 Content of Urban Ecological Corridor
terms of landscape.” That is, the landscape ecology is a Construction
“live” organic system, and it is complete. Thereupon, as
“Ecological corridor” is a significant belt that links
the research target of landscape ecology, it focuses on
the planning frontier of urban landscape and the overall
relatively larger scale of multiple ecosystems as well as
construction of city appearance. The purpose of
concentrates on studying the interaction on a horizontal
integrating the eco-design idea into the urban corridor
dimension. This also explains that the mature
construction is to improve the stability of the whole
development of landscape ecology possesses certain
urban landscape system. In the process of construction, it
research foundation.
is essential to increase the plant diversity on the basis of
By means of comprehension on the structure of
plant allocation to unblock the eco-corridors and
“landscape patch-corridor-substrate”, the integrated
strengthen the stability of ecosystem. The Jiangtan Park
ecological network was programmed to highlight the
at the west bank of Xiangjiang River in Changsha city
spatial heterogeneity and diversity of its landscape. As a
(Figure 1) is a perfect case. It built the ecological
modern landscape designer, he should take into account

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Figure 1 Restoration of the ecological corridor (The picture is from the Internet)
corridor to restore river erosion. Moreover, the landscape structure of the eco-corridor is mostly linear or
selected some local plant varieties as the scenic forest band-shaped. It is the landscape belt which is located in
belt to enrich the landscape plant gradation. Through the adjacent environmental spaces. In addition to
topographic allocation of plants, it perfectly improved dividing the urban landscape, the eco-corridor is also the
the biological diversity on the sites and provided major route that connects various landscape elements. In
favorable habitats for the birds, fish and mollusk. In terms of corridor construction, it should be noted that, the
combination of the plant ecology and the water eco-corridor cannot be built among the clustered
conservation in river corridor, the whole set of dynamic multi-storey buildings. Meanwhile, the buildings need
landscape had constituted a complete eco-corridor. It is use semi-permeable structure to improve their
obvious that, as artificial restoration reaches certain correspondence [1] to the corridors.
threshold, other factors in the biological chain will make As science and technology develops rapidly, the
up a healthy circle. As the masters in the city, the stress of urban life increases as the days pass on. The
“humans” are not only the contributors who restore the fast-paced and intense work state presses people out of
ecology to healthy balance; we are also the largest breath. The whole city falls into a sub-health status.
beneficiary for the gift of nature. Therefore, the eco-design should be used to forge the
Today, high buildings stand in the city everywhere. urban corridors and connect the landscape to alleviate the
The highly artificial city landscape has already flooded trouble. Adhering to the principle of “ecology first,
into our lives. The overwhelming building patches and minimum intervention, humane integration and people
corridors occupy so many land resources that it causes air orientation”, along with breaking through the
pollution, declines of water quality, climate warming and conventions in the past, the eco-design creates sufficient
a series of natural disasters; comparatively, the green space for the growth and development of natural
field patches and corridors are rarely seen. Although landscape while emphasizing on artificial landscaping.
there are corridor regions, however, the width of As a result, on the basis of ensuring ecological functions,
ecological corridors doesn’t conform to the standard. The it fulfills the aesthetic perception [1] by using the
seriously shrunk eco-corridors have brought about soil landscape ecology theory. On all aspects, the eco-design
erosion, chaotic planning on regional grids and a host of lays a foundation for promoting the urban ecological
problems. Therefore, at the same time of building construction.
greenbelt corridor, it is supposed to pay attention to the
planning of the blue river corridors. The existing river
courses on site can be used to rationally add the 3. Application of the Landscape Ecology
waterfront space in light of the local conditions. This is on Urban Eco-Corridor Design
favorable to speed up the heat exchange of water, green
plants, the air and other natural things. As a result, it 3.1 Proposal on the Design of Urban
repays a healthy ecosystem and improves the human Eco-Corridor under Landscape Ecology
comfort level.

3.1.1 Building the Demonstration Area of Ecological

2.2 Theory of Urban Eco-Corridor Construction Corridor, Consolidating the Community of Natural
The urban eco-corridor is a type of corridor that Life
possesses service functions such as protecting the The report of the 19th National Congress of the
biological diversity, filtering pollutant, preventing soil Communist Party of China shows that, “Optimize the
erosion, realizing sand fixation, controlling flood and so
system of ecological safety barrier, build the protection
on. Hereby the mentioned urban eco-corridor refers to
network for eco-corridor and biological diversity as well
the “ landscaping construction-type corridor ” . It as improve the quality and stability of ecological
primarily aims to increase the regional landscape quality, system.”There is no doubt that, the eco-corridor
instruct the sustainability of ecological construction as
construction has been a new prevalent trend. It will
well as improve people’s life happiness index. The main

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improve the residential sense of ecology and enlarge their to deficiency in systematic design, the author holds that,
knowledge reservation. Only through the combination of the green corridors and tiny natural patches need increase
theory and practice, can the ecological landscape design to promote the material communication at the frontier of
be carried out preferably. It aims to build a sustainably patches. Accordingly it will construct suitable area that
developing community by infusing the eco-design theory conforms to the ecological requirements and the
into the urban corridor construction, thus realizing the sustainably developing landscape. Furthermore, centered
consolidation of natural life and sufficient integration of by the ecological urban design and green blocks,
artificial landscape elements. the safety pattern for the green landscape ecology has
been built. By designing the linear ecological belt, it
becomes more convenient to connect the ecological belt
3.1.2 Adhering to the Artificial Restoration of
with other dotted and chunked patches (Figure 2), thus
Ecology, Strengthening the Optimization of
building the symbiosis development of overall urban
Ecological Space Setup
landscape and promoting the integration of various
Regarding the separation of ecological units in cities due elements.

Figure 2 Design of the eco-corridor setup

(The picture is from the Internet)
the natural landscape area. Only if the ecological design
3.2 The Effect of Landscape Ecology in Urban is implemented in priority and further supplemented by
Eco-Corridor Design the landscape planning, may the symbiosis of human and
As a branch of systematic research disciplines, the the nature develop sustainably.
landscape ecology takes the idea of “the entirety is
greater than the sum of parts”. Any subsystem is an 4. Conclusion
independent and intact individual. It is a type of
subordinate relationship between the subsystem and the In today’s society, the whole cities are plunged into a
higher level of system. For the ecological corridor design, dangerous situation [3] by the issues of population
it exists as an individual and simultaneously it is aggregation, energy consumption, increasing scale of
involved in the whole urban landscape planning. production and economy, along with the continually
According to the theory of landscape ecology, when the growth of pollutants. Therefore, urban construction is
ecosystem becomes more complicated, such as species subject to satisfy the requirements of human activities
diversity, landscape heterogeneity or other increases, its and also ensure original ecology of plants and animals.
stability will be reinforced. The anti-interference tenacity Accordingly, the eco-corridor design is extraordinarily
will also be stronger. Consequently its self-healing important. It can connect the separate areas and shattered
capacity will increase as well. space together, transforming them into sustainable,
In ancient China, Laozi, the founder of Taoism, continual, rhythmical and mobile landscape space.
proposed that “the law of Tao follows the nature”. This The ecological corridor is like the adhesive that binds
ideology is still workable nowadays. The threshold has other landscape parts of the city together. It integrates
already been exceeded by excessively human them into the natural circulation. The ecological corridor
intervention, so we need to give way to the nature. brings the nature back to the city; it brings in the plants
Although artificial landscape is efficient and convenient, and animals, improves the urban ecological environment
it doesn’t signify to make the city become better. The as well as promotes the overall urban quality by
principle of “people oriented, ecology first” has been rebuilding affectionate conversation between “the
pursued throughout the ecological corridor design. In the human” and “the nature”.
overall planning for corridors, it is supposed to preserve

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