Development of Green and Intelligent Buildings, Sustainable Urban Planning

Sustainable development has gained an increasing importance in the past thirty years. With the guidance of sustainable development strategy, a great amount of research studies have been conducted in the fields of urban planning, architecture and civil engineering. The works especially focusing on sustainable urban planning, green building design, and the buildings with self-healing deformation capability are reviewed in this paper. The objective is to provide references for practitioners such as urban designers, architects and engineers seeking some clarity on sustainability.