下一次绿色革命:基于植物群落设计重塑城市生境丰度

The Next Green Revolution:Rebuilding Urban Abundance Through Plant Community-Based Design

气候变化、大规模物种灭绝、快速城市化以及工业土地利用极大影响了人们的生活品质,并削弱了地球上所有生命所依赖的核心生态系统服务功能。保护城市外围的自然土地已不足以确保人类自身的生存。为减少负面的环境影响,修复必不可少的生态系统服务,重塑人与自然元素的联系,并创造更健康、更具韧性的城市景观,有必要在城市和工业景观中采用具有超高生态功能并能引起公众强烈共鸣的种植方式,从根本上转变城市景观规划设计方法。介绍了美国Phyto景观设计工作室应用的基于植物群落的种植设计方法,解释创新的种植系统如何重建城市多样而丰裕的生境。阐述了植物之间、植物与人、植物与更大的环境如何联系的3个核心原则,通过案例说明该种植模式的应用,并讨论使其适应中国城市独特环境和社会政治背景的策略。

Climate change,mass extinction,rapid urbanization,and industrial land use dramatically impact our life quality and reduce core ecosystem services all life on Earth depends on.Preserving natural lands outside of our cities is no longer enough to ensure our own survival.A fundamental shift in the way we plan and design urban landscapes—toward hyper-functional and highly evocative plantings in our cities and industrial landscapes—is necessary to reduce negative environmental effects,repair essential ecosystem services,reconnect people with elements of nature,and create healthier and more resilient cityscapes.This paper describes the planting design methods applied by U.S.-based Phyto Studio and explains how innovative planting systems can rebuild abundant life in our cities.We elaborate on the three core principles of how plants relate to one another,to people,and to the larger environment,illustrate the application of this planting model with case studies,and discuss strategies to adapt the model to the unique environmental and socio-political context of Chinese cities.