World Bank2017-09-072017-09-072009-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28143China is experiencing rapid and large scale urbanization, and the resulting local and global urban environmental challenges are unprecedented. The Chinese Government has fully recognized these challenges and is aiming to promote more sustainable urbanization in line with the objectives of the eleventh five year plan, which calls for 'building a resource-conserving and environmentally friendly society'. Various initiatives are being pursued to support this objective, both at the national and local levels. At the local level, cities have responded by developing 'eco-cities', which aim to promote a more sustainable urbanization model. More than one hundred eco-city initiatives have been launched in recent years. One such initiative is the Sino-Singapore Tianjin eco-city. The purpose of this report is to review the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (SSTEC) project from a comprehensive perspective with a view to achieving the following principal objectives: (i) create a detailed knowledge base on the project; (ii) provide policy advice on key issues, especially those related to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project; (iii) estimate SSTEC's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction potential; and (iv) contextualize the project among the broader ecological urban development initiatives in China. Broadening the World Bank's engagement beyond the GEF was assessed as important given the project's complexity, and its potential to shed light on China's sustainable urban development challengesen-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACIDIFICATIONAFFORDABLE HOUSINGAGGREGATE LEVELAIRAIR CONDITIONINGAIR POLLUTIONAIR POLLUTION CONTROLAIR QUALITYAMBIENT AIRAMBIENT AIR POLLUTIONAMBIENT AIR QUALITYANAEROBIC DIGESTIONAPPROACHARABLE LANDARTERIAL ROADAUDITSAVAILABILITYBALANCEBENEFIT ANALYSISBICYCLE USEBICYCLESBIOGASBOILERSBUSBUS NETWORKCAPITAL INVESTMENTCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON EMISSIONCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON FINANCECARSCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLEAN FUELSCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCOALCOGENERATIONCOLLECTION SYSTEMCONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGECOST ANALYSISCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISDAILY TRIPSDECISION MAKINGDEMOGRAPHIC GROWTHDEMOGRAPHICSDISTRICT HEATINGDISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMDRAINAGEDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER QUALITYDRIVINGECOLOGICAL BENEFITSECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMICSELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC POWER PLANTSELECTRICITYELECTRICITY COGENERATIONEMISSIONEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIALEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSIONSEMPLOYMENTENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIESENERGY PLANNINGENERGY SOURCESENERGY SUPPLYENERGY SYSTEMSENERGY TAX CREDITENERGY USAGEENERGY USEENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL BONDSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYENVIRONMENTAL TARGETSEUTROPHICATIONEXPENDITURESFINANCIAL RISKFLOOR SPACEGENERATIONGEOTHERMAL ENERGYGHGGHGSGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITYGLOBAL WARMINGGLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALGREEN BUILDING PROGRAMGREEN FIELDGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GASESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGWPHEATHEAT SUPPLYHEATING SYSTEMHIGH SPEED RAILHOT WATERHOT WATER SUPPLYINDUSTRIAL WATERIPCCLAND USELANDFILLLANDFILL GASLIGHT RAILLIGHT RAIL TRANSITLIQUEFIED NATURAL GASLNGMETHANEMOBILITYMODAL SPLITNARROWER ROADSNATURAL GASNATURAL RESOURCESNEIGHBORHOODSNOISENOISE POLLUTIONOZONEPEAK LOADPEDESTRIANPIPELINEPOLICY MAKERSPOLLUTANT EMISSIONPOLLUTANT EMISSIONSPOLLUTANTSPOLLUTION CONTROLPOLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMPOLLUTION LEVELSPOLLUTION REDUCTIONPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOWERPOWER PLANTPRECIPITATIONPRIMARY ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLYPROPERTY SALESPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENTSPUBLIC TRANSPORT MODEPUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONQUALITY OF WATERRADIOACTIVE WASTERAPID TRANSITRAPID TRANSPORTREBATESRECLAMATIONRECYCLINGREGIONAL TRANSPORTREGIONAL TRANSPORTATIONRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE SOURCESRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGSRESIDENTIAL ENERGYRESOURCE CONSERVATIONRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESOURCE USERISK MANAGEMENTROAD DESIGNROAD NETWORKROADSROUTESSO2SOLAR ENERGYSOLAR ENERGY FACILITIESSOLAR SYSTEMSSOLID WASTE GENERATIONSPACE HEATINGSTREET LIGHTINGSULFURSULFUR DIOXIDESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE ENERGYSUSTAINABLE WATERTARIFF STRUCTURESTAXTHERMAL POWERTHERMAL POWER PLANTSTOTAL EMISSIONSTRANSPORTTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORTATION NETWORKTRANSPORTATION PLANTRAVEL DEMANDTRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENTTRIPTRIP DATATRIPSURBAN PLANNERSURBAN SPRAWLURBAN TRANSPORTVEHICLEVEHICLE SPEEDWALKINGWALKING DISTANCEWASTE DISPOSALWASTE MANAGEMENTWASTE RECYCLINGWASTEWATER TREATMENTWATER HEATINGWATER POLLUTIONWINDWIND POWERWIND POWER PLANTSWIND RESOURCESReportWorld Bank10.1596/28143