Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
  • 2 Architecture Design & Research Group, Beijing, China
  • 3 Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. s2043187@siswa.um.edu.my
  • 4 Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
  • 5 School of Design, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 Oct;30(47):103513-103533.
PMID: 37704820 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29490-w

Abstract

The construction of low-carbon cities is an essential component of sustainable urban development. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive low-carbon city design and evaluation system that incorporates "carbon sink accounting-remote sensing monitoring-numerical modelling-design and application" in an all-around linkage, multi-scale coupling, and localized effects. This paper utilizes the Citespace tool to evaluate low-carbon city design applications by analyzing literature in the Web of Science (WOS) core collection database. The results reveal that low-carbon cities undergo four stages: "measurement-implementation-regulation - management." The research themes are divided into three core clustering evolutionary pathways: "extension of carbon sink functions," "spatialisation of carbon sink systems," and "full-cycle, full-dimensional decarbonisation." Applications include "Utility studies of multi-scale carbon sink assessments," "Correlation analysis of carbon sink influencing factors," "Predictive characterisation of multiple planning scenarios," and "Spatial planning applications of urban sink enhancement." Future low-carbon city construction should incorporate intelligent algorithm technology in real-time to provide a strong design basis for multi-scale urban spatial design with the features of "high-precision accounting, full-cycle assessment and low-energy concept."

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