Land, Fund and Mechanism： Thrcc Bottlenecks of Chinese Urban Forestry in the 21st Century

Although desirable developments have been achieved since the implementation of the reform-and- opening-up policy, the urban forestry in China is still haunted by the problems of land scarcity, fund shortage and administrative mechanism dysfunction. With a concern of these problems, this paper have made a survey of the current status of the land use in urban areas for the purpose of proposing strategies for urban forestry development in China, and have made an evaluation on the relation between fund and urban forestry with a focus on the means of attracting investment and raising fund. In line with the system of social organizations, of administration, and of management, special concern about the systematic and operational mechanism of urban forestry has been expressed. Based upon the analysis as such, this paper holds that land is the foundation of urban forestry development; fund is the motive force of the sustainable development of urban forestry; mechanism is the guarantee for the urban forestry to develop in a healthy and effective order.