Chengdu 2024 Walking tour: THE PARK CITY | Crazy EVOLUTION of a Traditional Metropolis
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Publicado 2024-02-28
The city began investing in green infrastructure more than a decade ago, including a number of wetland parks linked to the many waterways that crisscross the area.
These parks became natural sponges for filtering pollutants and a boon to birdwatchers who saw growing numbers of species calling the city home.
There are plenty of famous city parks in the world — New York’s Central Park, the Luxembourg Gardens of Paris, or São Paulo’s Ibirapuera Park, to name a few. But what Chengdu, a city of 20 million in southwestern China, wants to become world-famous for is something much bigger.
Chengdu, one of China’s largest metropolises and the capital of Sichuan Province, is building out a vast system of interconnected parks and greenways on a massive scale.
The plan is not to build parks within the city — rather, the plan is for a “city within a park.”
You can see this “Park City” plan taking shape in the Longquan Mountain Urban Forest Park, a reserve that overlooks snow-capped peaks behind glimmering skyscrapers.
With plans to grow to 1,275 square kilometres, the area will become one of the world’s largest urban park areas. Or you can see it along the Tianfu Greenway, a collection of biking and walking trails that eventually will connect hundreds of parks across the metropolitan area. Eventually, it will form the world’s largest green path network at 17,000 kilometres long.
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The Park City plan comes at a time when cities around the world are focused on growing their park systems to improve quality of life for their residents.
As a recent paper from the Metropolis Observatory notes, greening urban areas is good for mental health, mitigates the impact of climate change, and enhances gender equality, among other upsides.
In Chengdu, the Park City plan builds on a strong foundation of existing green gems like Renmin Park, a 110-year old urban oasis where the city’s famously laid-back residents like to gather in the lakeside teahouse, stroll along flower-lined paths, and play badminton or mahjong.
Chengdu is the rare megalopolis to lie just a couple of hours from habitats supporting giant pandas and snow leopards.
The Park City plan also builds on longstanding cultural beliefs that urbanisation and nature can exist in harmony. For example, an ancient and still-functioning irrigation system engineered using nature’s own topography has supported agriculture and contained flooding on the fertile plains around Chengdu for centuries.
The system has long supported thousands of small settlements on wooded lots, known as linpan. The result, American and Chinese researchers said in a recent paper, was essentially “two thousand years of sustainable development.”
The city’s plans are meant to provide a new model for metropolises across China and, perhaps, much of the world. Instead of economic growth leading to environmental degradation, the idea is to show that improving the environment can lead to economic growth.
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Chengdu Mixc Mall
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Owned by Huarun (China Resources), the size of Chengdu MixC is now larger than Chongqing MixC and Shenzhen MixC. With a total construction area of 720,000 square meters, it currently is the largest commercial complex with the largest number of businesses in Chengdu’s city center. It consists of 4 shopping center areas, 1 five-star hotel, 2 grade A office buildings, and a central plaza.
The second phase was mostly high expected for a few food & beverage brands including Shake Shack, Taco Bell, Tim Hortons and Starbucks Reserve. Also beloved local brands like Peter’s Tex Mex newest creation (Habanero Tree) and Greybox Coffee are included.
Sports retail brands include Nike, Adidas, Air Jordan, The North Face, FOSS, Champion, Under Armour, G-Star RAW, Fila, Boy London, Puma, Li-Ning, New Balance, Vans, Converse, Onitsuka Tiger, Lee and Dickies.
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0:00 Intro
1:35 Chengdu Mixc Mall Shopping Area
43:53 Chunxi Road Pedestrian Street
1:24:09 Around Chengdu Art Museum
1:58:48 Morning Walking tour in Jiaozi Park and CBD area
3:00:48 Tianfu Park
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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I am a British I'm from London but I study in Munich Germany but Chengdu really is a giant city and I'm thinking of changing my tourist s destination from New York and Chicago to o Chengdu and Shanghai.❤❤❤ from Germany
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I'm going to Chengdu with my dad this summer! Very excited! It'll be our first time visiting China!
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Chendu is an awesome city!
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this is what a Super Power should look like
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World is a piece of artwork. China is the artwork of future.❤🇨🇳❤️
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What an extraordinary country
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今回も、歩いている気分で動画を視聴しました。 成都は、高層ビルや高層マンションなどの近代的な街並み、大きな池や広大な芝生広場がある大きな公園などがある、きれいな新しい都市だと感じました。 また、ショッピングセンターが多いのも特徴で、そのショッピングセンターも人々がゆったりと休めるようなデザインをした庭があるセンターもあったり、敷地内に中国の伝統建築が同居しているセンターもあったりと、個性的なものも多かったように思います。 その他に、デジタルサイネージ広告などデジタル技術がかなり進化しているのも、特筆すべきことだと思います。 その中の、パンダなど動物の映像がまるで本物が飛び出してきたように、表現していたのが圧巻でした。 成都は、四川省の省都でありその象徴的な動物がパンダですが、先述の映像のパンダは、おそらく成都に初めて来た人たちには「ようこそ、お越しくださいました」と言い、逆に成都の住民たちには「今日も、みなさん元気ですか」と、映像から飛び出して街ゆくみなさんに、声かけしているのかもしれませんね（笑）🐼。 まとめますと、成都は高層ビルなどの建物やデジタル技術などのハイテク技術が集積したビジネス都市、大きな公園など緑やランニングコースなどがある、いこいの都市という、２つの大きな特徴を持っている都市だと思います🌆。 私も、機会があれば一度は成都を訪れて、パンダと戯れるのも良いかと思います（笑）🐼。
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This shows how ignorant the Western media is when they use "collapse" and "closure" to describe China. And not just because of these modern buildings. The clothes and mental outlook of the people on the road say it all.
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I visited Chengdu recently in December. The city is just awesome. Unfortunately just manage to stayed only 5 days n visited some historical places like Dujiayan n Mt. Emei n just manage to visit only some parts of the city. Its just magnificent. Will definitely visit again this city. Thanks friend for sharing another interesting part of China. 👍👍
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成都真的是一座舒适感爆棚的城市，去年在成都住了一个月，气候舒适，吃的又好，一个月胖了十斤😆
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BELISSIMA cidade de China, parabens a China, congratulaçoes do BRASIL ❤❤❤
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Chengdu es alucinante, de dìa y de noche ... progreso, desarrollo y cultura se mira en tu video, hermano Max ... conocer sus rincones, sus parques, y atracciones llevarìa toda una vida ... gracias hermano por enseñarnos esta joya del futuro en este momento ... I love China
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I'm from Chengdu now i live in Dallas Texas with my wife. We are thinking to move back to chengdu. Literally if you like big cities, there is no city in America is 'livable' anymore.
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Another reason and example of why China is my favorite country in the entire world!
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Beautiful city. I went there in 2012. love from Brazil.🥰
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今年春节那几天 天气真给力 点赞
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Futuristic infrastructure love from India ,❤️
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I think Chengdu like a town scenery, but its so amazing. super big city. and now i want make a plan to visit Chengdu (Sichuan Area) in Autumn this year
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Very beautiful modern city 😊
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There is an ongoing badminton tournament happening in Chengdu now which I am watching live everyday but I forget how the city look like. No worries, all I have to do is click Walk East, Chengdu, and here I am again walking through Chengdu with Max's wonderful video! What a lovely city!
