The Application of Low-carbon City Theory in Urban Planning

Abstract

With the development of modern society, environmental pollution has become the most important problem in today’s society, especially the large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. It not only makes a variety of natural disasters occur frequently, but also seriously affects the safety of people’s lives and property. So it is necessary to take low-carbon life as the main design concept in urban planning so as to maintain the healthy development of the whole city and society. The paper further explains the application and development prospect of low-carbon life theory in cities by studying the current situation and problems of low-carbon city and discussing the relationship between spatial layout, transportation system and industrial structure in urban planning and low-carbon city theory.