Riparian Eco-Design of City Ancient Canal Landscape ——Illustrated by eco-bank design of the middle section of Zhenjiang ancient canal

The riparian bank is an important part of the canal landscape.The elements of the ecological riparian bank have the important significances for the stabilization of the cannal eco-system.Illustrated by the case of the eco-bank design of the middle section of the ancient canal in Zhenjiang,we summarized the current problems,proposed some reasonable design strategies,analyzed the characteristic elements of the riparian bank,fingered out the strengths and weaknesses of riparian landscape design,gave some suggestions for the design.Based on the above works,we performed the designs for shoreline,shore base,plants,and rain water sluice,which created a beautiful canal landscape with exerting ecological benefit of canal waterfront to its maximum,showed the canal culture through integration of the concept of ecology and culture,and explored a practical method of riparian eco-design of the canal landscape in city.