SITUATION ANALYSIS: CURRENT AND PROJECTED

• Analysis of infrastructure conditions 

• Global infrastructure assessments

• Infrastructure problems for developing nations

• Infrastructure for a sustainable future

URBANIZATION, ENERGY SUPPLY AND TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

• Sustainable urban transport planning and infrastructure construction 

• Big-data based intelligent control of city traffic 

• Using Envision™ system rating system

• Envision™as a decision framework

• Sustainable ROI (return on investment) 

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) 

URBANIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE ECO-ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION

• Diagnosis and treatment policies in urbanization eco-environment issues 

• Infrastructure construction, industrial layout and optimization in urban atmospheric pollution treatment

• Urban water system infrastructure 

• Solid waste treatment and disposal infrastructure

• Evaluation of urban ecosystem services features

• Urban green space: recreation and health benefits

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS

• Energy saving and renewable energy

• Emission reduction and environmental improvement

• Relation of infrastructure conditions and sustainability to local, regional and national competitiveness: water, wastewater, transportation, power, etc.

• Infrastructure asset management 

SUSTAINABLE CITIES

• Designing sustainable cities and urban systems

• Mega-cities and meta-cities

• Critical issues in urban planning

• Case studies of sustainable urban systems

• LID(Low Impact Development)

• Sustainable land use

SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE

• Sustainability, quality of life and culture

• Social LCAs (Life Cycle Assessment)

• Using design charrettes on infrastructure projects

• Business cases for social responsibility

SPECIAL TOPICS ON CHINESE URBANIZATION

• Ecological civilization and sustainable urban development strategies 

• Construction and operation of smart cities 

• Sustainable urban planning 

• Urban “utility tunnel” 

• Sponge city construction 

• Treatment of urban black and odorous water body 

• Urban garden landscape

INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

• Smart city and Internet+: Internet of things, Cyber-physical systems

• Big-data analysis for urban science and engineering

• Distributed energy and water infrastructure 

• 3D printing 

• Conceptual design, implementation, performance evaluation

• Autonomous Vehicles

• Sustainable project management

SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS, TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES

• Sustainable construction materials

• Life-cycle assessments

• Risk assessments

• BIM(Building Information Models) in sustainable infrastructure projects

• Complex systems analysis and management

• Network analysis of infrastructure systems 

CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES

• water/energy/resiliency/food/transportation/architectures nexus

• Applying system thinking to infrastructure planning

• Decision making under uncertainty

• Sustainability accreditation and certification 

• Sustainability in engineering education

RISK, RESILIENCY, AND ADAPTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

• Effects of climate change on city construction and operation

• Effects of climate change on urbanization and city governance

• Policies in mitigation and adaption to climate change 

• Design for recovery from extreme events

• Sustainability and resilience optimization 

• sponge city construction in China and storm water management

FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

• Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BRIC Bank, GEF, Green Climate Fund, Private Sovereign Wealth Funds-Finances 

• Financing large projects: domestic and global 

• Innovative financing mechanisms 

• Case examples: what works and doesn’t work 

• Public-private partnerships (P3) for sustainable development 

• Innovative projects finance methods for sustainability