Designating National Forest Cities in China: Does the policy improve the urban living environment?

Ying-jie, Zhang; Zhang, Tianzheng; Zeng, Yingxiang; Cheng, Baodong; Li, Hongxun

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102400

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“…There is a synergy between forests and sustainable development [20], and forests have a potential role in reducing carbon emissions and poverty [21,22]. There are two main modes in which forest resources can reduce poverty.…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Impacts Of Forest Resources On Economic...mentioning

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Exploring the Role of Forest Resources Abundance on Economic Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region: Application of Spatial Durbin SDM Model

Zhang

Tang

Boamah

2022

Forests

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With the data of 41 cities, including urban and rural areas in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region from 2007 to 2019, this paper mainly uses the spatial econometric method to analyze the impact of forest resource abundance in the YRD region on economic development under the background of carbon neutrality. Direct effects, indirect effects, and total effects are further decomposed. The main conclusions are as follows. (1) The abundance of forest resources in the YRD has a U-shaped non-linear effect on economic development, and the curse of forest resources will gradually form forest resource welfare with economic improvement. (2) The phenomenon of economic convergence exists in the YRD region. (3) The spatial effect of forest resource abundance on economic development is non-linear, and the increase in greenery and carbon reduction should be moderately reasonable. (4) The abundance of forest resources can also promote the development of green total factor productivity. The research in this paper complements the existing literature and provides a reference for policymakers.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Impacts Of Forest Resources On Economic...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Role of Forest Resources Abundance on Economic Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region: Application of Spatial Durbin SDM Model

Zhang

Tang

Boamah

2022

Forests

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“…According to the objectives set, cities are the pivotal element in this process of change and adaptation, leading to a process of transition and innovation [38][39][40]. The urban areas have become technical playgrounds where testing new solutions, While an Asian world, with greater availability of unbuilt land and a growing population, is experimenting with the planning of newly founded urban centres, creating realities such as sponge cities and forest cities [41][42][43][44][45][46]. Already highly urbanised territories with almost no population growth, such as Europe, are posing the problem of how to adapt existing urban centres without excessively altering the existing urban fabric, thus protecting all those areas subject to historical and cultural constraints [47].…”

Section: The Climate Crisis-adaptation and Mitigation Policiesmentioning

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Supporting Cities towards Carbon Neutral Transition through Territorial Acupuncture

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Since a solution towards carbon neutrality in already highly populated territories that does not profoundly alter the territories has not yet been found, territorial acupuncture, a new methodology presented in this paper, proposes a solution to this challenge and simultaneously helps to counter the dysfunctional dichotomy between large urban centres and small towns. The aim of this study is therefore to present this new concept and its operation. Hence, a phased study was carried out. Territorial acupuncture is the result of merging different theories and practices, such as Biourbanism, urban acupuncture, and energy community design. For Territorial Acupuncture, the territory is conceived as a single organism and, just like acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine, punctual interventions (in this case, interconnected energy communities) would benefit the entire territory organism. To make the theory work properly, it will be necessary to carry out multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary analyses over the entire territory to identify the intervention points and then proceed to the design and interconnection of the individual district. Thus, Territorial Acupuncture provides a new approach to the resilience of densely populated territories, which, through punctual interventions on a district scale, benefits the entire territory by modifying energy, socio-economic, and environmental dynamics.

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“…City brand names were established to convey positive city images drawing on this green infrastructure. Cities could brand themselves as a National Garden City (Shi et al 2018), a National Eco-City (Chang et al 2016), or a National Forest City (Thadani et al 2020;Zhang et al 2021). These brands align with national development programmes and campaigns (Lu & de Jong 2019), and share a strong state-led characteristic (Ye & Björner 2018), but lack sufficient uniqueness to distinguish themselves from their peers.…”

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Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme?

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China's Sponge City Programme (SCP) is one of the world's most ambitious sustainable urban drainage programmes. By 2030, Chinese cities must have 80% of their land drained by Blue–Green Infrastructure (BGI) to build critically needed flood resilience. Costs must be met from municipal and private finance, but BGI lacks the revenue streams of public assets like utilities, so has limited appeal to public–private partnerships. Finance options, including Green Bonds targeting institutional investors, and Payment for Urban Ecosystem Service schemes targeting local citizens and businesses, need developing. Green city branding could lever such finance but despite widespread use of green branding to attract investment, sponge branding strategies are immature, and alignment is needed in green branding between sponge project type (e.g., flagship and retrofit), financial instrument, and target financier, to develop differentiated brands that appeal to a diversity of SCP investors. With little grassroots input into city branding, and SCP problems of green gentrification, local support for SCP implementation may be at risk. This is concerning, because cities need local citizens and businesses to invest in the SCP to achieve the extensive retrofit needed, as retrofit (using small-scale BGI such as stormwater planters, de-paving, and raingardens) has little appeal for institutional investors.

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Designating National Forest Cities in China: Does the policy improve the urban living environment?

Cited by 39 publications

References 47 publications

Exploring the Role of Forest Resources Abundance on Economic Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region: Application of Spatial Durbin SDM Model

Exploring the Role of Forest Resources Abundance on Economic Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region: Application of Spatial Durbin SDM Model

Supporting Cities towards Carbon Neutral Transition through Territorial Acupuncture

Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme?

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