The Path and Countermeasures of Low-carbon City's Construction in China

In response to global warming and climate change, low carbon development has been adopted by many countries as the strategic development method, which aims at reducing the carbon footprint of human development both in economic aspect and in social improvement aspect. Multiple cities all over the world and international organizations are promoting the development of low carbon city. With the dramatic speed of urbanization and industrialization in China, experience of low carbon city (LCC) development would make contribution to theoretical exploration both on new city development and on urban planning theory; it is also a opportunity to find new economic development growth paths towards modernization and sustainable development. LCC can also stimulate the advantageous potentials of cities and provide an opportunity for China to achieve a leaping development towards low carbon model.