Land, Fund and Mechanism:Three Bottlenecks of Chinese Urban Forestry in the 21st Century

Since the implementation of the reform-and-opening-up policy, great progress has been achieved inChina’s urbanization, along with which severeproblems regarding urban environment have occurredincreasingly. Gradually, the permanent residents inthe metropolis have come to realize the huge valueof urban forest in terms of ecology, landscape,amusements and so on. In order to improve the urbanecological environment and regain the fresh,comfortable and healthy environment for theirenjoyment of life…

Land, Fund and Mechanism:Three Bottlenecks of Chinese Urban Forestry in the 21st Century

Although desirable developments have been achieved since the implementation of the reform-and-opening-up policy, the urban forestry in China is still haunted by the problems of land scarcity, fundshortage and administrative mechanism dysfunction. With a concern of these problems, this paper have madea survey of the current status of the land use in urban areas for the purpose of proposing strategies for urbanforestry development in China, and have made an evaluation on the relation between fund and urban forestrywith a focus on the means of attracting investment and raising fund. In line with the system of socialorganizations, of administration, and of management, special concern about the systematic and operationalmechanism of urban forestry has been expressed. Based upon the analysis as such, this paper holds that landis the foundation of urban forestry development; fund is the motive force of the sustainable development ofurban forestry; mechanism is the guarantee for the urban forestry to develop in a healthy and effective order.