Strategic Land Use Plan for Beijing's Low-Elevation Mountainous Areas

Project Overview: Beijing's low-elevation mountainous areas possess multiple attributes as future urban expansion zones, ecological conservation belts, and leading development regions for mountainous areas. Facing development pressures, their conservation framework requires clarification at the master planning level, while their role in driving development needs strengthening. Proactive planning holds significant strategic importance. The plan designates this area as a key zone for accommodating urban spatial expansion, functional spillover, and population relocation. While safeguarding ecological boundaries, it can provide approximately 2,000 km² of development space and accommodate around 30 million residents, combining foresight with practicality. Guided by ‘anti-planning’ principles, the strategy innovatively explores land use planning systems. It adopts macro- and meso-level approaches to land allocation, establishing a ‘zoning + classification’ control framework that facilitates efficient conservation and intelligent utilization of land resources, demonstrating significant practical application value.