The Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC Region, 2012 (2nd Edition)

The “Concept of the APEC Low Carbon Town” aims to provide a basic idea of what is a low-carbon town and an effective approach on how to develop it. The APEC Low Carbon Town (LCT) Concept aims to promote the development of low-carbon towns in the APEC region by providing a basic principle that can assist the central and local government officials of the member economies in planning effective low-carbon policies and in formulating an appropriate combination of low-carbon measures while taking socio-economic conditions and city specific characteristics into consideration.

The APEC Low Carbon Town means towns, cities and villages which seek to become low carbon with a quantitative CO2 emissions reduction target and a concrete low carbon developing plan irrespective of its size, characteristics and type of development (greenfield or brownfield development).

Part I
Chapter 1 Background
Chapter 2 The Concept of the Low Carbon Town
Chapter 3 Basic Approach to Develop a Low-Carbon Town
Chapter 4 Characterization of Towns and Low Carbon Measures
Chapter 5 Summary of Part I

Part II
Chapter 1 Basic Approach to Developing a Low Carbon Town
Chapter 2 Measures to Use in the Development of a Low Carbon Town
Chapter 3 Evaluating the Effect of Low Carbon Measures
Chapter 4 Summary of Part II

Appendices
Appendix 1 Low Carbon Target for APEC Economies
Appendix 2 Low Carbon Measures and their Applicability
Appendix 3 Low Carbon Measure with Case Examples