Development and Case Demonstration of an Intelligent Planning System for Urban Green Space Ecological Network Based on ArcGIS Engine
An intelligent planning system for urban green space ecological network was developed to address the issues of diverse theoreti-cal foundations,diverse technical processes,significant subjective impact,and limited support for planning in the construction of existing urban green space ecological networks.Protecting urban biodiversity and enhancing functional connectivity were taken as the core objectives of urban-scale green space ecological network construction,considering other social-ecological functions,we selectively and comprehensively incorporated several ecological network simulation and analysis methods,including graph theory,habitat quality assessment,minimum cumulative resistance model,and circuit theory.The system is built on the.NET platform and utilizes technologies such as ArcGIS Engine,C# and Python for component-based GIS development to implement various system functions.A case demonstration of the system was carried out in Minhang District of Shanghai.The system can automatically perform tasks such as ecological source area selection,comprehensive resistance surface construction,ecological corridor path extraction,ecological corridor width determination,and ecological network efficacy assessment.It can intelligently generate the layout structure of urban green space ecological network with a single click and perform spatial comparisons and balance analyses among different scenarios.This system can provide multi-scenario,visual auxiliary decision-making for planning practice.
green spaceecological networkArcGIS Enginesystem developmentintelligent planning