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 |
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| 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 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Social Sciences
