FROM AN IGNORED GREY PLACE TO A RESILIENT URBAN WETLAND — DONG’AN WETLAND PARK IN SANYA, HAINAN PROVINCE

Abstract

The Dong'an Wetland was designated as the site for one of Sanya's first pilot projects of urban environmental remediation and ecological restoration because of its key position in the regional ecological pattern, especially for urban stormwater management. The project aims at integrating leisure and recreational functions with landscape elements including ponds, forest on water, terraced vegetable garden, and trait loop, while promoting water circulation, improving water quality, and retaining rainwater and regulating water reuse, acting as a resilient urban sponge for rainwater management. The newly built project transforms an ignored grey place into a new home for egrets, an outdoor classroom for children's nature education, and a destination for citizens to evoke their memories.