Abstract: Urbanization, industrialization and geographical location are main causes for the “heat island effect” of Wuhan urban areas. To make Wuhan city construction step into ecological civilization and to reduce “heat island effect” of the city, the following measures should be carried out: to integrate ecological elements as hills, rivers, lakes, wet land, forests, urban greenbelt, farmland and scenic resorts, to carry out project of “thorough connection of the six lakes” to shape the cycling water system around the city, to collect dispersive water resources to form waters system of ring-like flow as well connecting each other, to make full use of main wind-direction to make the city play a self-conditioning role, to start the construction of “energy-saving buildings”, to plan as a whole greenbelts in the areas that expel indoor heat greatly, and to develop public traffic system.

Key words: Wuhan, “heat island effect”, urban planning, ecological civilization