Spatial information systems have been used widely in the construction of Digital City. However current spatial information systems mainly aim at improving the efficiency of urban administration and dailylife, urban sustainablity is acutually not the focus. To help cities develop in a both efficient and sustainable way, sustainable-city-oriented spatial information systems should be studied. This project will first review the applications of spatial information technologies on urban sustainablity research. Secondly, an investigation both on the theoritical frameworks of Sustainable City and Digital City will be carried out. Then, a conceptual model of Integrated Management Information System for Sustainable City will be constructed, and subsequently a theoretical framework of Sustainable-City-Oriented Digital City will be put forward. Finally, an applicable experiment will be implemented, taking Xiamen as an example.

Performing Organization: Institute of Urban Environment, CAS
Sponsor: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Headed by Zhao Xiaofeng
Start Date: 2007.9
End Date: 2009.9