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More recently, Chengdu, like many other cities in China, has seen explosive growth in its population and economy. The city began investing in green infrastructure more than a decade ago, including a number of wetland parks linked to the many waterways that crisscross the area. These parks became natural sponges for filtering pollutants and a boon to birdwatchers who saw growing numbers of species calling the city home. There are plenty of famous city parks in the world — New York’s Central Park, the Luxembourg Gardens of Paris, or São Paulo’s Ibirapuera Park, to name a few. But what Chengdu, a city of 20 million in southwestern China, wants to become world-famous for is something much bigger. Chengdu, one of China’s largest metropolises and the capital of Sichuan Province, is building out a vast system of interconnected parks and greenways on a massive scale. The plan is not to build parks within the city — rather, the plan is for a “city within a park.” You
