Thesis
Analysis of the Beijing Greenbelts Plan using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/370
Abstract
Greenbelts are an important part of urban ecosystems and provide significant ecosystem benefits. Beijing, the capital city of China, started the Beijing Greenbelts Plan to achieve a sustainable ecosystem and ameliorate environmental problems including sandstorms and air pollution. As well, Beijing has the prospect of developing Beijing into an Eco-City for the Olympic Games in 2008. This thesis explores the Beijing Greenbelts Plan and examines ecological services created by the Beijing Greenbelts Plan from qualitative and quantitative perspectives. Landscape ecological principles provide conceptual and qualitative explanations for examining the greenbelts. Two software packages, ARCGIS and CITYgreen, are applied to analyze the ecology aspects with quantitative evaluation of the greenbelt plan. Three scenarios are developed, analyzed, and compared to provide environmental statistics reports and approaches on improving the Beijing greenbelt plan. The thesis concludes that the Beijing Greenbelts Plan almost reaches its goal on the percentage of tree canopy. As well, modifications are suggested to improve the Beijing Greenbelts Plan and increase the ecological benefits. The recommendations on the sustainable development of Beijing may be considered by planners and land-use decision makers.
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- Title
- Analysis of the Beijing Greenbelts Plan using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Creators
- Huifeng Peng
- Contributors
- Kerry Brooks (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Horticulture, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525077401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis