The continuing rapid growth and development of China's cities brings many complex challenges. Tasked with supporting … strong economic development that provides jobs and a good quality of life for its growing number of residents, China's cities … outlined in China's 12th Five-Year Plan. Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China summarizes, through the specific lens …

, as well as due to climate change and unplanned urbanization. It highlights major physio-graphic, demographic, geological … and geophysical indicators that are responsible for changing the pattern and trend of urbanization in South Asia – a … climate-change-induced risks. Further, it elaborates on the challenges of urbanization-based neo-risks and vulnerabilities …