Research on Building Urban Sustainability along the Coastal Area in China

At present, in China, the research about the urban sustainability construction is still in the exploratory stage. The ecological problems of the coastal area are more sensitive and complicated. In the background of global warming with serious ecological damage, this paper deeply researches on the main characteristics of urban sustainability and measures how to build urban sustainability. Through combining regional environmental with economic ability along the coastal area, then authors put forward the system planning framework, construction strategy and the evaluation index system, in order to seek the way of building urban sustainability along coastal area in China.

Authors:

• Sun Jiaojiao
• Fu Jiayan

Keywords:

• Urban sustainability
• coastal areas
• construction strategy
• evaluation index system.

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