There is a Chinese saying that goes like this, when stormy weather comes, a giant dragon will rise. It is the feature of the present era. When China begins to rise, it will advance at an enormous inertial force. It ha...There is a Chinese saying that goes like this, when stormy weather comes, a giant dragon will rise. It is the feature of the present era. When China begins to rise, it will advance at an enormous inertial force. It has become the important factor that influences world future trend. In the meanwhile, changes in international situation also exerted increasing influence on China. Therefore it is of special significance to discuss and assess the international environment that China faces.展开更多
Whereas current building related life cycle energy and carbon assessment in China has typically focused on either the national building stock or the single building level,this paper attempts to evaluate life cycle ene...Whereas current building related life cycle energy and carbon assessment in China has typically focused on either the national building stock or the single building level,this paper attempts to evaluate life cycle energy consumption and carbon emissions at the level of Chinese residential small district(RSD).This paper discusses a case study of RSD in order to illustrate the way of measuring material,energy and water flows at this spatial level with transparent assessment boundary.Results indicate that evaluating the RSD as a whole,rather than building by building,can provide extra decision-making information for various stakeholders such as housing buyers and RSD designers.展开更多
At Jiancaoping District, a rural part of Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, north China, more than 8% of the residents are religious, believing in Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, as well as Chin...At Jiancaoping District, a rural part of Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, north China, more than 8% of the residents are religious, believing in Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, as well as China＇s indigenous religion, Taoism. In other words, all the five religions in China have believers here. In particular, there are 16 villages with altogether 10,000 Catholics living in compact communties. It so happens that most religious people live in mountainous or hilly areas in the district, where adverse natural conditions once rendered them poor.展开更多
文摘There is a Chinese saying that goes like this, when stormy weather comes, a giant dragon will rise. It is the feature of the present era. When China begins to rise, it will advance at an enormous inertial force. It has become the important factor that influences world future trend. In the meanwhile, changes in international situation also exerted increasing influence on China. Therefore it is of special significance to discuss and assess the international environment that China faces.
文摘Whereas current building related life cycle energy and carbon assessment in China has typically focused on either the national building stock or the single building level,this paper attempts to evaluate life cycle energy consumption and carbon emissions at the level of Chinese residential small district(RSD).This paper discusses a case study of RSD in order to illustrate the way of measuring material,energy and water flows at this spatial level with transparent assessment boundary.Results indicate that evaluating the RSD as a whole,rather than building by building,can provide extra decision-making information for various stakeholders such as housing buyers and RSD designers.
文摘At Jiancaoping District, a rural part of Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, north China, more than 8% of the residents are religious, believing in Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, as well as China＇s indigenous religion, Taoism. In other words, all the five religions in China have believers here. In particular, there are 16 villages with altogether 10,000 Catholics living in compact communties. It so happens that most religious people live in mountainous or hilly areas in the district, where adverse natural conditions once rendered them poor.
