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abundant natural resources, we have a smaller per capita territory and resource occupation than many other countries due to the large population, so we cannot look up
to developed and wealthy countries when it comes to consumption.
3. Urbanization
Urbanization is an important sign of modernization, and this process means the
contraction of natural and primitive ecosystems as well as the expansion of artificial ones. A city is a typical artificial ecosystem and a complicated one integrating
nature, economy and society that has more needs for artificial management and
regulation. City planning and design should be guided by the ecological civilization concept. To be more specific, city scale must be controlled instead of blindly
expanded; various types of buildings should be rationally arranged to reduce the
demand for intra-city traffic; public transit should be prioritized and walking and
cycling encouraged; public buildings, especially government office buildings and
plazas, should restrain from excessive size and luxury; and the so-called image and
signature projects impractical but costing should be rejected.
We can learn from Germany’s de-centralized city development mode and develop
a number of smaller-scale cities which are balanced distribution. The administrative
resources and service functions in cities should be evenly distributed, and efforts must
be made to revitalize small and medium-sized towns and boost the equal development
of different regions and between urban and rural areas.
Urban infrastructure, including water supply and drainage system, traffic system
and garbage collection and recycling system, should also be designed and built to
support ecological progress. Measures should be taken to develop “urban mines” and
turn urban wastes into “mineral resources,” achieving tri-wins in resource recycling,
environmental protection and economic benefits.
4. Ecosystem protection
Ecosystem protection, as one of the key tasks of ecological progress, is mainly
carried out through intensified protective measures and major eco-recovery projects
to produce more ecological products, and by stepping up the comprehensive governance of desertification, stony desertification and water and soil erosion to improve
regional ecological environment. We can monitor ecosystem changes to better the
layout of land and space development; study the principles of those changes to
support ecosystem protection; develop new technologies and better modes of ecological construction to realize efficient utilization of ecosystems; study global climate
change and environmental issues to be better at coping with climate change; and
disseminate knowledge in natural and ecological protection to support the national
environmental protection campaign. Given China’s vast territory, the natural ecosystems have different traits from one place to another, so protective measures should
be targeted while the damaged systems must be recovered.
5. Culture and education
To build ecological civilization and realize coordinated development between man
and nature, we have to enhance the public’s ecological awareness and drive home
Y. Qian
abundant natural resources, we have a smaller per capita territory and resource occupation than many other countries due to the large population, so we cannot look up
to developed and wealthy countries when it comes to consumption.
3. Urbanization
Urbanization is an important sign of modernization, and this process means the
contraction of natural and primitive ecosystems as well as the expansion of artificial ones. A city is a typical artificial ecosystem and a complicated one integrating
nature, economy and society that has more needs for artificial management and
regulation. City planning and design should be guided by the ecological civilization concept. To be more specific, city scale must be controlled instead of blindly
expanded; various types of buildings should be rationally arranged to reduce the
demand for intra-city traffic; public transit should be prioritized and walking and
cycling encouraged; public buildings, especially government office buildings and
plazas, should restrain from excessive size and luxury; and the so-called image and
signature projects impractical but costing should be rejected.
We can learn from Germany’s de-centralized city development mode and develop
a number of smaller-scale cities which are balanced distribution. The administrative
resources and service functions in cities should be evenly distributed, and efforts must
be made to revitalize small and medium-sized towns and boost the equal development
of different regions and between urban and rural areas.
Urban infrastructure, including water supply and drainage system, traffic system
and garbage collection and recycling system, should also be designed and built to
support ecological progress. Measures should be taken to develop “urban mines” and
turn urban wastes into “mineral resources,” achieving tri-wins in resource recycling,
environmental protection and economic benefits.
4. Ecosystem protection
Ecosystem protection, as one of the key tasks of ecological progress, is mainly
carried out through intensified protective measures and major eco-recovery projects
to produce more ecological products, and by stepping up the comprehensive governance of desertification, stony desertification and water and soil erosion to improve
regional ecological environment. We can monitor ecosystem changes to better the
layout of land and space development; study the principles of those changes to
support ecosystem protection; develop new technologies and better modes of ecological construction to realize efficient utilization of ecosystems; study global climate
change and environmental issues to be better at coping with climate change; and
disseminate knowledge in natural and ecological protection to support the national
environmental protection campaign. Given China’s vast territory, the natural ecosystems have different traits from one place to another, so protective measures should
be targeted while the damaged systems must be recovered.
5. Culture and education
To build ecological civilization and realize coordinated development between man
and nature, we have to enhance the public’s ecological awareness and drive home