推进人居环境的可持续发展是滇西北地区实现经济增长、保护生物多样性和传承文化多样性的题中应有之义。回顾了1998年滇西北地区人居环境可持续发展规划研究历程,即以保护生态环境和建设人居环境为研究对象,运用融贯的综合研究方法系统分析滇西北地区发展中面临的关键问题,包括地区发展滞后、生态环境破坏、自然灾害频发、文化多样性流失、基础设施建设不足及人居环境质量持续下降等,提出滇西北地区应统筹协调生态环境保护与社会经济发展,有节奏地发展生态旅游和文化旅游,推进城乡人居环境有序建设,进而促进区域高质量发展。同时还聚焦国家公园体系建设、改善基础设施、县域发展试点等制定行动方案,关注滇西北地区迪庆州中甸县(现香格里拉市)理想的“香格里拉之城”的规划建设。在此基础上对滇西北地区人居环境可持续发展进行了前瞻性展望,提出未来滇西北地区应继续优化升级旅游业,打造“健康生活目的地”,加强交通互联与文旅产业发展,促进区域高质量转型。

Promoting the sustainable development of human settlements is an essential requirement for achieving economic growth, protecting biodiversity, and preserving cultural diversity in the northwest Yunnan region. This paper reviews the 1998 research process on sustainable human settlement planning in the area, which focused on ecological conservation and human settlement development. Utilizing an integrated and coherent research methodology, the study systematically analyzed key challenges faced by the region, including lagging regional development, ecological degradation, frequent natural disasters, loss of cultural diversity, insufficient infrastructure, and continuous decline in human settlement quality. It proposed that the region should coordinate ecological conservation with socio-economic development, promote step-by-step development of eco-tourism and cultural tourism, advance systematic development of urban and rural human settlements, and thereby drive high-quality regional growth. Action plans were formulated focusing on national park system development, infrastructure improvement, and county-level development pilot programs, with particular attention to the visionary planning of the “City of Shangri-La” in Zhongdian County (now Shangri-La City), Diqing Prefecture. Building on this foundation, the paper provides forward-looking perspectives on sustainable human settlement development in northwest Yunnan. Future recommendations emphasize continuing tourism optimization to establish the region as a “Healthy Living Destination,” strengthening transportation connectivity and cultural tourism industry development, and facilitating high-quality regional transformation.