Investigation of City Living Environment and Energy Consumption in Yangtze Delta Area

Abstract

Yangtze Delta Area is most developed area in China, the center of which is Shanghai, a largest economical city and largest harbor for industry and trade. Besides Shanghai, this area has many cities with a high economical power and highly developed urbanization. The GDP is about 195 billion USD about 20% of the all cities in China. GDP for person is twice than average value of all the cities. The development of economy and living condition in this area will give a significant impact on other cities in China. In this paper, we have an investigation on situation relating with living environment and energy consumption in cities of Yangtze Delta Area by using China statistical data. © 2003, Architectural Institute of Japan. All rights reserved.