Forewords; Contents; Challenges and Opportunities for Transition to Low Carbon Cities; Big Data, People, and Low-Carbon Cities; 1 Introduction; 2 What Data Exist; 3 What Data Do Not Exist; 4 What More Is Needed?; 5 How to Use Data; 6 Conclusions; 7 Summary; References; Co-benefits and Co-costs of Climate Action Plans for Low-Carbon Cities; 1 Introduction; Importance of City-Level Climate Mitigation and Adaption; Significance of Including Co-benefits and co-costs in City-Level Climate Action; 2 Economic Argument for Including Co-benefits and Co-costs

Optimal Abatement Levels Including Direct Benefits and Co-benefits3 Representative Cities and Their Climate Mitigation Plans; Cities in Developed Nations; Cities in Developing Nations; Climate Action Categories; 4 City Climate Action Plan Analysis; Differences in Action Categories and Their Frequencies; Identification or Recognition of Co-benefits and Co-costs; 5 Insights and Implications from the Network Analysis of City Action Plans; References; Optimizing Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Cities for Low Carbon Development; 1 Introduction; 2 Characterizing Urban Water Systems

3 Energy Dependency of Urban Water Systems4 Drivers That Affect Water Related Energy Linkage in Cities; 5 Towards Net Zero GHG Emission and Self-Sufficiency; 6 Conclusion; References; Grassroots Environmentalism and Low-Carbon Cities; 1 Introduction; 2 Transition Town Movement; Ecovillage Movement; Community Renewable Energy; Conclusion; References; Emerging Low-Carbon Urban Mega-Projects; 1 Introduction; 2 A Geography of Eco-Cities; 3 Eco-City Mega-Projects; Masdar Eco-City; Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City; 4 Conclusion; References; References: Websites

Energy Consumption and Emissions Assessment in Cities: An Overview1 Introduction; Energy Consumption, GHG Emissions and Urbanization; Measuring the Carbon and Environmental Footprint of Cities; Cities as Solution or as a Problem; 2 Conclusions; 3 Summary; References; Information Sources; Low Carbon Urban Design: Potentials and Opportunities; 1 Low Carbon Cities and Urban Sustainability; 2 Low Carbon Urban Design Potentials; Existing Indicators for Urban Sustainability and Low Carbon Performance; Potential Directions: Emergent and Future Technologies; 3 Low Carbon Urban Design Opportunities

Low Carbon City Initiatives in ChinaApplication of Low Carbon Urban Design in Hong Kong: The Kai Tak Development; 4 Future Research; References; Toward Low Carbon Cities: The Chinese Experience; 1 Introduction; 2 Chinaś Urbanization Challenge; 3 Qingdao; 4 Tianjin; 5 Chinaś Greening City Strategy; 6 Chapter Summary; References; Low-Carbon Urban Infrastructure; 1 Urban Form: Foundation of Low-Carbon Infrastructure; 2 Energy Infrastructure: Demand and Supply; End-Use Efficiency; Supply-Side Efficiency and De-carbonization; 3 Water Infrastructure: Low-Carbon and Resilient; Save First