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Learning from Cities - The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation

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2. Ideally-planned Low-carbon Development

Due to the shortage of capital and technology, most cities choose the development of demonstrative lowcarbon community and low-carbon industry park to gradually advance low-carbon development. However, in terms of requisites for the establishment of a low-carbon city, the reduction of carbon dioxide emission is a complex □ Energy Atlas IBA Hamburg GmbH

technology.

systematic project, and for an effective implementation, low-carbon development must be multidimensional and shall

In brief, low-carbon urban

be integrated into all aspects of urban

development in Germany is to build urban

development. Otherwise, the costly

image, local identification and national

green technology and products may be

cultural capital through “earth-friendly”

swamped and crowded out by rudimentary

clean technologies. A high-tech industry

technologies. In this sense, the ideally-

benchmark is established to foster an

planned low-carbon development

urban environment attractive for global

represented by Hamburg’s new district

investment capital, offering numerous

can foretell a good achievement, though

opportunities of development and revival

abundant capital, technology support and

for enterprises, cities and nations against

long-term investment are needed.

the global economical recession.


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