1 Introduction 1. 1 Background 1.2 Research objectives and key questions 1.3 Organization of the book 2 Theoretical background 2.1 Conceptual basis 2.2 Estimation of urban energy consumption and analysis of the relationship with urban form 2.3 Prediction of future energy consumption 3 Introduction of the study area 3.1 Overview of energy consumption in China 3.2 Study area 3.3 Data 4 Methodology 4.1 Quantification of urban form 4.2 Exploration of the relationship between urban form and energy consumption 4.3 Prediction of energy consumption 5 Results 5.1 Urban forms 5.2 The quantitative relationship between urban form and energy consumption 5.3 Future energy consumption 6 Discussion and conclusion 6.1 Methodology implications 6.2 Recommendations 6.3 Outlook References Appendix