Conservation of Agriculture Landscape through Greenway Planning and Design: A Case Study of the Wax Gourd Production Base of Xiaolou Town, Zengcheng (Guangdong)

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Major approaches to greenway planning and design were reviewed and compared. The framework incorporated ecological knowledge related also to the planning and design process. This study has introduced a procedure to facilitate the protection and development of farmland areas. It provides a systematic procedure for facilitating the protection, ecological enhancement, and linkage of present and potential natural areas in farmland region. The framework of the agricultural greenway, has been described in detail and applied to the Wax Gourd Production Base in Xiaolou Town, Zengcheng (Guangdong, China). The framework is not case-specific and its main value is to provide an integrated approach to the ecological planning and design of the agricultural greenways.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 869-870)

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235-238

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December 2013

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