What can Beijing learn from the world megacities on energy and environmental issues?

Xinxin Zhang; Zhenggang Lu; Maogang He; Jingfu Wang

Energy Reports (Nov 2022)

What can Beijing learn from the world megacities on energy and environmental issues?

Xinxin Zhang,
Zhenggang Lu,
Maogang He,
Jingfu Wang

Affiliations

Xinxin Zhang: MOE Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China; Corresponding author at: MOE Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China.
Zhenggang Lu: MOE Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China
Maogang He: MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, PR China
Jingfu Wang: MOE Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 414 – 424

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In order to build Beijing into a world-class harmonious and livable capital city, its energy and environmental issues deserve special attention. Considering London’s experience and achievements in tackling smog crisis, New York’s world-class city positioning and influence, and Tokyo’s geographical and cultural characteristics, these three world-class megacities are taken as examples in this study for investigating and analyzing the establishment and optimization of an urban energy system which is clean, efficient, safe, and sustainable. The urban planning strategies, planning experience, and related energy policy of these three megacities for building low-carbon cities are reviewed and their enlightenment to Beijing is discussed. The study of international cases has a certain reference effect on the energy structure adjustment and urban planning practices related to Beijing’s construction of a low-carbon city.

Published in Energy Reports

ISSN: 2352-4847 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-reports/

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