美国国家公园与门户城镇的建设经验与启示Experience-中国工程院.PDF

Strategic Study of CAE 2016 Vol. 18 No. 5 DOI 10.15302/J-SSCAE-2016.05.014 Experience and Inspiration from the Construction of United States National Parks and Gateway Communities Liu Huiliang Planning Department, City of Aurora, Colorado 80012, USA Abstract: This year is the one-hundredth anniversary of the United States National Park Service (US NPS). Over the last hundred years, the national park system of the United States has become an important national asset that has played a significant role in stimulating economic development and growth as well as enhancing quality of life, especially for the gateway communities. This paper provides a brief overview of the US NPS, including its history, mission, and key planning process and approaches. The author focuses its discussion on the interdependent relationship between the gateway communities and the national park system, as well as the issues and challenges, for both those communities and the parks, associated with the recent significant growth of tourists in the parks and of visitors and residents in the gateway communities. Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) and the town of Estes Park, RMNP’s main gateway community, are used as case studies to discuss specific issues and success stories. The paper also provides a list of lessons learned that might be considered by the research project “Study on the Green Circular Development Strategy of the Qinba Mountains.” Keywords: US National Park Service; gateway communities; Rocky Mountain National Park; the town of Estes Park 1 US national park system overview of the people.” The park was placed under the US Department