Many cities are pursuing low-carbon practices in order to reduce carbon emissions. In line
with this, various low-carbon city (LCC) indicator systems have been established across the …

Many cities are pursuing the low-carbon practices to reduce CO 2 and other environmental
emissions. However, it is still unclear which aspects a low-carbon city (LCC) covers and how …

This paper proposes a 3-layer top-down indicator framework for the evaluation,
implementation and standardization of low carbon cities (LCC). Layer 1 accounts for city …

Low-carbon cities (LCCs) have attracted considerable attention from researchers over the
past 15 years as an important initiative for mitigating global warming. The increased pilot …

Cities with different development backgrounds and characteristics will set different
objectives for promoting low carbon city practice, including overall, dimensional, and …

The rapid urbanization process in China has resulted in a large number of carbon
emissions. Practicing low-carbon city (LCC) strategy is considered as a key pathway …

This paper, using literature analysis, explores the development of low-carbon pilot cities in
China and its research progress, including the enrichment of the connotations of low carbon …

China's urban population surpassed its rural population historically in 2011, when the
number of Chinese living in towns and cities reached about 690 million1. In the years to …

Global warming caused by carbon emissions has been recognized as a challenge to human
sustainable development, and low-carbon city development is widely considered as an …

Practices and research on measuring traditionally urban sustainability abound, therefore the
challenge now is related to how the urban carbon issues are included into current …