Low-carbon urban experiments from vision to reality: a systematic review of the literature from 2005 to 2020

作者：Haiyan Lu, Yang Fu, Changyou Xia, Chengze Lu, Bo Wang, Qihui Yang, Dong Wang · 发表于：Climate Policy · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1080/14693062.2023.2205371 · 被引用次数：22 · 研究领域：Smart Cities and Technologies、Air Quality and Health Impacts、Urban Transport and Accessibility

In recent decades, many cities have launched low-carbon pilot schemes to explore feasible local policies and actions that can be replicated on a larger scale to reduce the intensity of carbon emissions. This synthesis analysis reviews the global literature to analyse the interplay of prescriptive visions, practical responses, and evaluation methods of low-carbon urban experiments. Before 2015, low-carbon urban experiments were regarded as a sub-branch of sustainable development, and prescriptive visions were influenced by sustainability. Low-carbon urban experiments were used as an urban planning tool, and such urban planning concepts impacted the practical response and evaluation methods. After 2015, low-carbon urban experiments were influenced by many more disciplines. Planning still occupies the largest proportion of low-carbon practices, but more advanced technologies – in energy and other fields – have also been adopted and influence the evolution of low-carbon urban experiments. We find several driving factors, including political events and developments, technology change, and contributions from various disciplines including academic research. As carbon neutrality is the long-term target of many nations, achieving net-zero carbon dioxide emissions through prescriptive visions, practical responses, and evaluation methods in urban experiments demands further investigation, especially in developing countries.Key policy insightsLow-carbon initiatives on a small scale are f...