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• TITLE: Research on Low-Carbon City Construction and Development Strategy—A Case Study of Shenzhen

  AUTHORS: Dan Yao, Jing Luo, Mu Zhang

  KEYWORDS: Low Carbon Economy; Low-Carbon City; Evaluation System; Shenzhen

  JOURNAL NAME: Low Carbon Economy, Vol.4 No.2, May 27, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Low carbon economy is full of significance to realize sustainable development of a city. After making a review of global low carbon community construction by summarizing their features and routes, the authors set up a low-carbon economical evaluation system which consists of 3 layers, 3 systems and 14 indicators. What’s more, PCA (principal component analysis) and AHP (analytic hierarchy process) are adopted to evaluate the level of low-carbon economic development in Shenzhen. The facts prove that Shenzhen’s low-carbon economic development level has formed certain foundation with up tendency in various indicators. Finally, the authors propose suggestions and strategies for developing low-carbon economic development for city of Shenzhen.