ON APPLICATION OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ECO-TOURISM LANDSCAPE

The development process of Landscape Ecology as the combination of landscape science and ecology is reviewed. The results achieved by Chinese geographers and ecologists in the studies of landscape's ecological agricultural engineering, environmental construction engineering, and city landscape ecological engineering have shown that the application of landscape ecology is in the bud. According to the developing conditions of eco-tourism in China and abroad, the meaning and characteristics of eco-tourism are discussed. Two models for eco-tourism are put forward: 1) Long distance travel back to nature, and 2) short distance trip to artificial natural landscape. Four applied research fields for landscape ecology and eco-tourism construction are suggested: 1) Natural conservation area and forest park, 2) suburban country park, 3) agricultural sight-seeing garden, and 4) civil ecological park, green square, green patch and corridor.