Abstract：As China’s urbanization process enters the middle to late stage, “ecology”,
“green”, and “low-carbon” have become hot topics in the field of urban and rural
planning and construction. Various localities have successively carried out multilevel
explorations and practices from buildings to cities. After China proposed
the “30·60” dual carbon goals in 2020, promoting carbon peak in urban and rural
construction fields has become an extremely important and urgent task, and it
will also become an important value orientation and source of innovation in the
teaching and practice of urban design. The current issue of Urban Design magazine,
themed Low-Carbon Urban Planning and Design, aims to summarize international
and domestic experiences, showcase recent domestic practices, and explore the
reform of the teaching system.
