低碳城市内涵:基于中国实践的分析

Definition of Low-carbon City: Analysis Based on China's Practices

本文提出界定低碳城市的内涵应当采取实践的视角。已有的研究主要从减碳的必要性和城市的重要性两方面进行界定,然而却无法表现低碳城市的现实情况。因此,本文对中国低碳省份和城市试点项目进行研究。通过资料分析和实地调研,作者指出低碳城市是一种政府主导的建设行动,包含了产业体系低碳化建设、能源结构调整、低碳交通、低碳建筑、低碳生活、碳汇建设、低碳发展的体制机制建设等七个主要方面,实践内容兼具一致性和地方特性。

The author argues that the low-carbon city should be defined from the perspective of practice. Previous definitions have been formed on the importance or the necessity of a low-carbon city while failed to reflect its reality. Therefore, this paper does research on pilot low-carbon provinces and cities in China. Through documentary analysis and field research, the author points out that the low-carbon city is a set of actions led by the government, which include efforts in several areas, including the development of a low-carbon industrial system, adjustment of energy supply structure, a low-carbon transport system, low-carbon buildings, life-style changing, construction of carbon sinks and improvement of related mechanisms, and the practices possess both consistency and local characteristics.