A preliminary study on the current situation of the green areas and water bodies in the inner city of Hanoi
Abstract
In Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, the awareness of the roles and benefits of greening in both previously and recently urbanized areas has been growing over the years. Green areas and water bodies play a vital role in maintaining the city as a comfortable living environment for residents and making it also a bio-sphere for numerous species as far as bio-diversity is concerned. In modern urban planning theory, the importance of landscape and ecology has been emphasized, with regard to the past as Hanoi was identified for street tree planting and known as a water-based city. As a result, planners and decision-makers propose a combination of water bodies and green areas, using cultural as well as historical values as an argument to support the re-greening programme in a strategic development concept for the city planning in Hanoi. This study focuses on the inner city first where a citywide network of water surface and city parks has already existed yet continues to decrease in both quantity and quality under the huge impact of today’s rapid urbanisation in the vigorous development of the market economy. Improving the cityscape and making the city a livable place for residents will not go without understanding well the current situation or taking an in-depth view of what the city still lacks and thus really needs in its infrastructure systems.
Keywords: Green areas, water bodies, city landscape, sustainability.
Received: September 15th, 2017; revised: October 10th, 2017; accepted: November 2nd, 2017
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