Political Ecology of Chinese Smart Eco-cities

Linjun Xie; May Tan-Mullins; Ali Cheshmehzangi

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-3350-7_4

Political Ecology of Chinese Smart Eco-cities

Linjun Xie, May Tan-Mullins, Ali Cheshmehzangi

Department of Architecture and Built Environment

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Abstract

Smart eco-cities are urban experimental projects that seek to achieve sustainable development transition and ecological civilization in China. Initiated by national programmes, Chinese smart eco-cities are subject to influences from local, regional, national and international sociopolitical dynamics, which involve a complexity of actors with varying knowledges, interests, and powers. However, civic participation is largely absent from this complex network, and ecological modernization ideal dominates the smart eco-city development in China, which has little social and environmental concerns. This chapter advocates political ecology as both a valuable analytical tool in dissecting the multi-scalar dynamics behind current smart eco-city practices, and a fruitful alternative way to promote a more environmentally sound and socially just smart eco-development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Remaking Sustainable Urbanism
Subtitle of host publication	Space, Scale and Governance in the New Urban Era
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	57-78
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811333507
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3350-7_4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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General Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Social Sciences

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