Introduction -- Cheng Minzheng and the rise of Huizhou consciousness -- A land of prominent lineages -- Wang Daokun and the promotion of mercantile lineage culture -- "A Confucian heartland of women" -- The local religious order -- Conclusion.

These 425 papers, selected from the 2012 International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Hydraulic Engineering (ICCAHE 2012) held on August 10-12th 2012 in Zhangjiajie (China), present current knowledge related to “Sustainable Cities Development and Environment”. They are grouped into 15 chapters: Architectural Design and its Theory; Architectural Environment and Equipment Engineering; Indoor Environment; Landscape Planning and Design; Ecological Architecture; Urban Planning and Design; Transportation Planning and Traffic Control; City Ecological Environment; Environmental Engineering, Environmental Protection and Environmental Biology; Management and Engineering Education; Air Environment Control and Architectural Environment Improvement Techniques; Sustainable City and Regional Development; Renewable Energy and Building Energy Saving; Water Purification and Wastewater Treatment; Transport Engineering