Funded by: Natural Science Foundation of China

PI： Cui, Sheng-hui

Period：2014.01-2017.12

Facing the huge challenge of coastal cities to address climate change on the context of the rapid urbanization, the project studies the urban form strategies of mitigation and adaptation to climate change and its application in coastal cities spatial planning. Taking Xiamen city as case study, based on the climate change impact assessment, this project analyses the scenarios of climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation, and builds urban space morphology quantified coupling model with greenhouse gas emission and climate change to analyze and simulate the synergies and conflicts between mitigation and adaptation strategies of urban spatial form. A comprehensive vulnerability assessment model will be built to reveal the trade-offs and synergies strategies in coastal urban by cost-benefit analysis. The outputs will offer the quantitative methods, scientific basis and scientific measures for strengthening the capacity of coastal cities to address climate change. At the application level, the project aim to raise the measures and standards of urban spatial planning to address climate change, based on the case study. The achievement will provide a reference for the spatial planning of the other coastal cities in China.