Editing Shenyang (section)

===Environment===
Shenyang has many [[park]]s, among the most famous are the {{cvt|14.5|km}} '''South Canal Linear Parks''' ({{lang-zh|s=南运河带状公园|labels=no}}) situated along the homonymous river traversing the southern parts of Dadong, Shenhe and Heping Districts. It comprises 6 large [[park]]s and 18 [[linear park|riverside garden]]s covering an area of approximately {{cvt|1400000|m2|acre}}, with exotic variety of vegetations such as [[Chinese rose|rose]], [[Siberian apricot|apricot]], [[bladder cherry]], [[Chinese honeylocust|honeylocust]], [[natal lily]], [[scarlet sage]], [[ivy morning glory|morning glory]] and [[Rudbeckia hirta|black-eyed-Susan]], and extensive [[greenway (landscape)|greenspace]]s of [[peach]], [[Chinese pear|pear]], [[Asiatic apple|crabapple]]s, [[ginkgo]]s, [[weeping willow (tree)|weeping willow]]s, [[pine]]s and [[black locust]]s.<ref name="southcanal"/> It is the largest stretch of vegetated [[urban open space]] in Shenyang, contributing significantly to the city's 40-percent "[[greening]] ratio", and was instrumental in the city being awarded the "national forest city" title in 2005.

According to the Shenyang Environmental Protection Bureau, winter usage of coal by [[heat-only boiler station|boiler station]]s for [[hydronic]] [[district heating]] is the source of 30 percent of the air pollution in Shenyang. Half of the 16 million metric tons of coal consumed by the city during the winter of 2013–2014 were used for heating. Other major factors include dust from construction sites (20 percent), vehicle exhaust (20 percent), industrial emissions (10 percent) and extraterritorial dust (20 percent, mostly [[yellow dust]] from [[Gobi Desert]]). However, air quality was described by the Bureau as "slowly improving".<ref name=CE111313>{{cite news |author1=Liu Ce |title=Coal for heating identified as top air polluter in NE China |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-11/13/content_17103212.htm |access-date=December 10, 2014 |work=China Daily |publisher=chinadaily.com.cn |date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033901/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-11/13/content_17103212.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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