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Cities, 1997
Abstract The paper explores the evolution of the concept of the eco-city, and shows how it can be linked to issues ranging from urban planning and economic development through to matters of social justice. The challenge is to encourage local democracy within a context of sustainability.
Mark Roseland
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Abstract The paper explores the evolution of the concept of the eco-city, and shows how it can be linked to issues ranging from urban planning and economic development through to matters of social justice. The challenge is to encourage local democracy within a context of sustainability.
Mark Roseland
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Eco-cities, governance and sustainable lifestyles: The case of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City
Habitat International, 2016In this paper we argue that to analyse the eco-development process we need to explore it as a whole, from design, through delivery and then to how these developments influence the behaviour of the people who live and work in eco-developments. At each stage of the development process it is important to analyse and understand what key actors understand ...
Li Yu, Andrew Flynn, Peter H Feindt
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AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 2004
Fog drip and related microclimatic factors were measured between January 1999 and December 2002 at a tropical seasonal rain forest in Xishuangbanna, South-West China. During the study period, the annual average fog drip was 89.4 +/- 13.5 mm (mean +/- 1SD).
Rusong, Wang, Yaping, Ye
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Fog drip and related microclimatic factors were measured between January 1999 and December 2002 at a tropical seasonal rain forest in Xishuangbanna, South-West China. During the study period, the annual average fog drip was 89.4 +/- 13.5 mm (mean +/- 1SD).
Rusong, Wang, Yaping, Ye
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2015
City is a kind of special artificial ecosystem that is created according to the will of human. Urbanization in china have created unlimited opportunities for the theoretical development and practice of urban ecology, Chinese scholars have achieved important progress in the practice of urban ecological planning and design, especially about ecological ...
Kongjian Yu +4 more
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City is a kind of special artificial ecosystem that is created according to the will of human. Urbanization in china have created unlimited opportunities for the theoretical development and practice of urban ecology, Chinese scholars have achieved important progress in the practice of urban ecological planning and design, especially about ecological ...
Kongjian Yu +4 more
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2011
Efficient and effective urban management systems for Ubiquitous Eco Cities require having intelligent and integrated management mechanisms. This integration includes bringing together economic, socio-cultural and urban development with a well orchestrated, transparent and open decision-making system and necessary infrastructure and technologies.
Yigitcanlar, Tan, Han, Jung
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Efficient and effective urban management systems for Ubiquitous Eco Cities require having intelligent and integrated management mechanisms. This integration includes bringing together economic, socio-cultural and urban development with a well orchestrated, transparent and open decision-making system and necessary infrastructure and technologies.
Yigitcanlar, Tan, Han, Jung
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Implementation strategy of Eco-city: Taking an example for Sino-Tianjin Eco-city
2011 IEEE 18th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2011Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city is a strategic cooperation project between China and Singapore to build an eco-culture and improve the people's living environment. In this paper, to ensure this target, some implementation stategies were put froward which including building a sustainable resource using system with intensive development mode, a low ...
Xue-feng Lin, Jian-feng Feng
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2015
The challenges lying ahead of the urban areas, specifically cities are formidable. These include growing population, air pollution, congestion, energy efficiency and demand for high quality of living. Although they are varied and can appear as seemingly unrelated, they more often appear on international agendas of the United Nations, European Union and
Dominika Brodowicz +2 more
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The challenges lying ahead of the urban areas, specifically cities are formidable. These include growing population, air pollution, congestion, energy efficiency and demand for high quality of living. Although they are varied and can appear as seemingly unrelated, they more often appear on international agendas of the United Nations, European Union and
Dominika Brodowicz +2 more
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Eco-Cities in Japan: Past and Future
Journal of Urban Technology, 2013This paper outlines the emergence of eco-cities in Japan from a much needed historical perspective. Since Japan's rapid industrialization in the late nineteenth century, there has been an emphasis on economic growth at all costs. Despite the introduction of the concept of the Garden City in Japan in the early twentieth century, industrialization ...
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ESTABLISHING A STAKEHOLDER FRAMWORK FOR ECO-CITY DEVELOPMENT -WITH A CASE STUDY OF CHINESE ECO-CITY
2013Eco-city introduces a new type of urban development mode which considers social, environmental and economic aspects.
Yao, Yao +2 more
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Abstract Chapter Five analyzes and compares top-down and bottom-up models of eco-city building through three demonstration projects in China’s recent “Green Leap Forward”: Dongtan Eco-city, Tianjin Eco-city, and Qingdao EcoBlock. These ambitious eco-city programs were launched by Chinese national and local governments in response to ...
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