Study on Green City Construction and Sustainable Development – Low Carbon City from Theory to Create

Abstract:

The trend of low-carbon in world and resource shortages, environmental carrying capacity of weak basic conditions, decided to go low-carbon path is an inevitable choice in China. The city’s ecological environment, cultural tastes, economic vitality, management systems, technological progress has become the focus of urban studies nowadays. Study on how to improve the energy-saving technology to create a low-carbon life is the fundamental way to achieve sustainable urban development. Therefore, the study of low-carbon urban development, is not only has theoretical values, but also owns practical significance. In this paper the reason for low-carbon city, the basic concept of sustainable development was discussed. The significance of the construction of green ecological city and the future direction of the green eco-city construction was presented.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 548-549)
• Pages: 1773-1777
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.548-549.1773
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Qun Liu*, Jiang Hua Zhuo
• Keywords: City Energy-Saving, Low Carbon Life, Sustainability

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