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Eco-city - settlement of the future [PDF]
We live in a world full of challenges and opportunities at the same time. A fast paced urban life brings with itself the need of a greener environment and a healthier life. Owing to this, eco-city is one of the effective ways out under the existing realities.
Fashchuk, Y.V., Shkurko, Y.I.
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Failure matters: Reassembling eco-urbanism in a globalizing China [PDF]
This paper is an attempt to reassess the role of failure in policy mobilities. Empirically, this paper examines the various aftermaths of, and the continuing trans-local connections originating from, the prominent but un-materialized Sino-British ...
Chang, I-Chun Catherine
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Megapolis as a Symbiosis of Socio-Economic Ecosystems: The Role of Collaboration
In recent years, smart and ecological urbanism and transformations into the new models of city making have become a global mainstream. These are models of the smart city, the eco-city, and the eco-megacity.
Tatyana Tolstykh +4 more
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Utopian visions and real estate dreams: The eco-city past, present and future [PDF]
This article traces the evolution of the eco-city as a concept and an urban planning model over the last 40 years, outlining the various definitions, applications and critiques of the term historically and today. What distinguishes the eco-city from work
Rapoport, E
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Ecocity approach and the role of women in entrepreneurship and ecocity planning [PDF]
Economic development policies of the 21st century lead to various changes and transformations in social and urban structures. It creates transformations and reveals a new independent order. This process changes the position of women in social life. Local
Mahboob Reyhan Kalvanaq
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Eco-compensation is an important policy tool to trade off economic development and environmental protection in a watershed. This study introduced the gross ecosystem product (GEP) accounting system to identify the eco-compensation provider (ECP) and eco ...
Xuefeng Min +6 more
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The Eco-Cathedric City: Rethinking the Human–Nature Relation in Urbanism
Current planning of urban landscapes is dominated by a human-centric view. This leads to short-term orientation, predictable planning outcomes, and decisions being taken by a small group of humans.
Rob Roggema
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Sustainable urbanism is seen today as one of the keys towards unlocking the quest for a sustainable society. As a central paradigm of sustainable urbanism, the eco-city is promoted by global and local policies as one of the preferred responses to the ...
Simon Elias Bibri, John Krogstie
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Sustainable Urban Design with Chinese Characteristics: Inspiration from the Shan-Shui City Idea
Aspiration for economic development and the forces of globalization have driven China to embrace global city planning and city building ideas. A threat of identity loss in many Chinese cities is becoming evident.
Yizhao Yang, Jie Hu
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Application of environmental performance analysis for urban design with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and EcoTect tools: the case of Cao Fei Dian eco-city, China [PDF]
This paper suggests a type of quantitative research method with the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and EcoTect tools for a sustainable urban design project. This paper is part of a funded research study and was completed in 2010.
Cheshmehzangi +24 more
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