China low-carbon healthy city, technology assessment and practice / Weiguang Huang [and five others], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huang, Weiguang, editor.

Series:

Environmental science and engineering (Springer (Firm))

Environmental science and engineering (Springer (Firm)). Environmental science

Environmental science and engineering, 1863-5520. Environmental science, 1431-6250

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development--China.

Sustainable urban development.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--China.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

City planning--Environmental aspects--China.

City planning.

Carbon dioxide mitigation--China.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

City planning--Environmental aspects.

China.

Physical Description:

xii, 216 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer, [2016]

Summary:

This book is based on multidisciplinary research focusing on low-carbon healthy city planning, policy and assessment. This includes city-development strategy, energy, environment, healthy, land-use, transportation, infrastructure, information and other related subjects. This book begins with the current status and problems of low-carbon healthy city development in China. It then introduces the global experience of different regions and different policy trends, focusing on individual cases. Finally, the book opens a discussion of Chinese low-carbon healthy city development from planning and design, infrastructure and technology assessment-system perspectives. It presents a case study including the theory and methodology to support the unit city theory for low-carbon healthy cities. The book lists the ranking of China's 269 high-level cities, with economic, environmental, resource, construction, transportation and health indexes as an assessment for creating a low-carbon healthy future. The book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of building low-carbon healthy cities in China.

Contents:

Introduction

Significance of Development of Low-carbon Healthy Cities

Current Status of Low-carbon Healthy City Development in China

Development of Global Low-carbon Cities

Low-carbon Healthy City Planning and Design

Infrastructure of Low-carbon Cities

Low-carbon Healthy City Assessment Systems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

China low-carbon healthy city, technology assessment and practice.

ISBN:

3662490692

9783662490693

OCLC:

952613918