Ecological Environment Issues and Forest Response Strategy of Ningbo Metropolitan Area
In 2021,China and Europe jointly carried out a research on the key technologies of urban forest response for green urbanization.The Ningbo metropolitan area is one of the important development cores in the Yangtze River Delta region,and the Ningbo metropolitan area is a case study in the research project.This paper summarizes the development process of"dotted development of small towns develop in dots—metropolises domination—rapid urbanization"in Ningbo metropolitan area,and analyzed on the scale of city cluster the ecological environment issues in nine aspects,such as ecological space,forest quality and landscape style,exotic invasive plants,ecological corridors of river systems,ecological well-being of urban and rural residents and village landscape on plain between city clusters.Four forest response strategies are proposed,including ecological co-development,sharing and co-governance within city cluster,filling gaps in ecological spaces at the central area,improvement of the ecological service capacity in the core area,and tapping the potentials of ecological resources into economic benefits.The study aims to promote the synergy and coordination of the Yangtze River Delta region,contribute to the development of beautiful Hangzhou Bay,and building ecological security in the Ningbo metropolitan area.