University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Masters Projects 9-2011 Envisioning Yantian Urban Greenway: A Part of Pearl River Delta Greenway System in China Xiao Zhou University of Massachusetts - Amherst, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/larp_ms_projects Part of the Landscape Architecture Commons Zhou, Xiao, "Envisioning Yantian Urban Greenway: A Part of Pearl River Delta Greenway System in China" (2011). Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Masters Projects. 39. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/larp_ms_projects/39 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ENVISIONING YANTIAN URBAN GREENWAY A Part of Pearl River Delta Greenway System in China A Master’s Project Presented By Xiao Zhou Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Approved as to style and content by: Jack Ahern, Chair Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Frank Sleegers , Member Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Elizabeth Brabec, Department Head Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I ABSTRACT II LIST OF FIGURES III, IV, V CHAPTER 1 - Project Introduction & Literature Review .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Project Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2. Literature Review ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2.1. The definition of Greenway ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.2. Greenway Planning and Landscape Ecology ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.3. Greenway and Sustainable Urban Design ................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.4. History and Current State of Greenway Planning ..................................................................................................................................... 12 1.2.5. Greenway Planning Process ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 2 – Methodology ......................................................................................................................................................................... 28 2.1. Goals and Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28 2.2. Research Methods ............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Xiao Zhou 1 Master Project 2.3. Organization of the Proposal ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 CHAPTER 3 - Case Studies .......................................................................................................................................................................... 29 3.1. Greenway Vision Plan for New England, New England Region, US .............................................................................................. 29 3.2. Port Lands Estuary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ................................................................................................................................. 36 3.3. Buffalo Bayou Promenade, Houston, TX, US .................................................................................................................................. 41 CHAPTER 4 - Project Background ............................................................................................................................................................. 46 4.1. Introduction to the PRD Greenway System ...................................................................................................................................... 46 4.1.1. Introduction to the Pearl River Delta(PRD) Regional Greenwa ................................................................................................................. 47 4.1.2. Introduction to the Shenzhen Greenway .................................................................................................................................................. 49 4.1.3. Introduction to the Yantian Greenway...................................................................................................................................................... 50 4.2. Context and Geographic Character of Yantian District in Shenzhen ............................................................................................... 52 4.2.1. Location ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 4.2.2. History ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 4.2.3. Topography ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 54 4.2.4. Hydrology .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 4.2.5. Green space ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 4.2.6. Land Use .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Xiao Zhou 2 Master Project 4.2.7. Transportation ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 4.2.8. Government and Stakeholder ................................................................................................................................................................... 57 4.3. Context of Focus Area in Yantian District ....................................................................................................................................... 59 4.3.1. General Information .................................................................................................................................................................................. 59 4.3.2. Urban Village ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 4.3.3. Container and Temporary Storage Building .............................................................................................................................................. 60 4.3.4. Existing Photos .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 CHAPTER 5 – Yantian Urban Greenway Design Proposal ...................................................................................................................... 62 5.1. Major Challenges and Opportunities in the Selected Urban Area .................................................................................................... 62 5.2. Strategies ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 5.3. Suggested Land Use Plan .................................................................................................................................................................. 63 5.4. Conceptual Plan for the Selected Urban Area .................................................................................................................................. 64 5.4.1. Master Plan ..............................................................................................................................................................................................