A review of low-carbon city construction research in China

TLDR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper summarized the research progress of the low-carbon city construction from the necessity, the connotation and characteristics of target, and paid attention to choosing the right index, combining the region characteristics with the current development model and evaluation indexes system, to reflect and improve carbon emissions.

Abstract: Based on the analysis on the global warming and environmental deterioration,low-carbon concept has received more and more attention from governments,experts and scholars at home and abroadThe British government first put forward the concept of low-carbon economy,and after that the Japanese government proposed the construction of low-carbon societyIn our country,experts and scholars began to research on low-carbon city from 2007This paper looks through the practical and theoretical studies on low-carbon city construction of the domestic experts and scholarsThe current background of lowcarbon city construction is first introducedTo clarify fundamental connotation,characteristics and target of China’s low-carbon city is very importantTherefore,this paper summarizes the research progress of the low-carbon city construction from the necessity,the connotation and characteristics of targetThen,we should pay attention to choosing the right index,combining the region characteristics with the current development model and evaluation indexes system,to reflect and improve carbon emissionsFinally,the paper gives an overview of suggestions by experts and scholars on the construction of low carbon city