Low-carbon Eco-city Research Articles

A Comparative Study with Swedish and China’s Eco-Cities - From Planning to Implementation, Taking the Hammarby Sjöstad, Sweden and Wuxi Sino-Swedish Eco-City, China, as Cases

This paper targets to improve understanding and explain influential factors of different planning and implementing process of two eco-cities, Hammarby Sjöstad, Sweden, and Sino-Swedish Low-carbon Eco-city, China. The study is approached by examining and comparing the two eco-cities in perspectives of plans formulation, policy and regulations foundation, planning management and implementing mechanisms. Lessons from Hammarby Sjöstad are that integrative planning and management, follow-up and evaluations of implementing results, and lifestyle transitions all need to be concerned, as well as environmental technologies. In Sino-Swedish low-carbon eco-city, lack of local technologies, supporting policies and regulations, inactive cross-sector cooperation and public participation are summarized as main obstacles. To approach these, efforts are made on formulating local regulations, government documents, and coordinating cross-sector cooperation, promoting mutual learning. Finally, concluding that, besides environmental technologies, the foundation of legislations, policies and environmental objectives, integrative approaches, public awareness are key areas need to be promoted for popularizing sustainability in China.

A System Dynamics Model for Urban Low-Carbon Transport and Simulation in the City of Shanghai, China

Abstract Urban transport plays an important role in low-carbon eco-city and energy conservation and emission reduction in the transport sector. Urban low-carbon transport system is a complex dynamic system including society, economy, motor vehicles, cars, transport infrastructure and other factors. This paper analyzes the complex dynamics relationship through building an urban low-carbon transport system. Taking Shanghai as a case to simulate the urban low-carbon system, and the result suggests rapid increase of private cars is an important driver factor of carbon emissions. So, it is important to strengthen urban transport demand management and improve the urban transport structure in building urban low-carbon transport.

Urban Energy System Planning and Chinese Low-Carbon Eco-City Case Study

An integrated urban energy system planning model named SynCity which could make overall considerations of architecture site selection and layout, energy demand prediction, energy technologies optimal selection and energy flow distribution is shown in this paper and demonstrates it in the case of Shanghai Lingang New City. By case study simulation it offers a promising low-carbon emission solution which is the combination of gas engine heat pump and building cooling, heating and power. The energy flow between different cells of the city is obtained at the same time.

Analysis of the Application of New Energy when Constructing a Low-Carbon Eco-City

This thesis major in constructing low-carbon eco-city, analyzed kinds of application of new energies such as geothermal energy, solar energy in the construction of low-carbon eco-city, summarized a basic thought of constructing a low-carbon eco-city, And further elaborated from the eco-efficiency.

Canadian experience in low carbon eco-city development and the implications for China

Abstract Canada is a sparsely populated country with its majority of population concentrated in cities, and its urbanization rate had risen to 80.2% by 2006. A similar environmental situation (air and water pollution, biodiversity degradation, high carbon emissions, et al.) in Canada has been going on in China and many of the developing countries during urbanization process. Based on ideas from urban planning and ecological development, Canada has taken a series of effective eco-measures, which contain urban heat island effect mitigation program, green infrastructure construction, and livable region strategic planning, to tackle with the environmental problems. The accumulated experience provides positive reference for China to find ways confronting climate change and obstacles of low carbon eco-city development, including: (1) Low carbon eco-city development mode, (2) Urban green infrastructure, (3) Urban ecological planning, and (4) Public participation.

The exploration of concepts and methods for Low-Carbon Eco-City Planning

The establishment of low-carbon eco-city planning in the pattern of low-carbon economic development and the low-carbon society consumption with cities as a unit can remove the bottleneck for urban development, promote sustainable urban development and provide ample opportunities for industry upgrading and transformation in cities. The paper highlights the low-carbon eco-city planning ideas and development strategies and introduces the practical exploration of the planning with the new eco-city of Tianjin as an example.