Construction of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Low-Carbon Urban Agglomerations: Major Progress and Basic Experience

Abstract

Low carbon cities construction is an important content and pointcut of "Two-oriented society'' construction. Since Chang-Zhu-Tan urban agglomeration was authorized to be "Two-oriented society'' pilot zone by the State Council in December, 2007, Chang-Zhu-Tan Low Carbon urban agglomeration has achieved remarkable progresses and accumulated precious experience which is necessary to summarize comprehensively and systematically to provide effective strategies for the development in next step. Three aspects of contents are presented in this paper. Firstly, four major progresses of Chang-Zhu-Tan Low Carbon urban agglomeration have been summarized systematically. Secondly, successful experiences in five aspects are summarized. Lastly, three main conclusions are concluded.