China's Eco-city Construction [electronic resource] / edited by Jingyuan Li, Tongjin Yang.

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Series: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development PathPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016Edition: 1st ed. 2016Description: XXI, 230 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783662481530

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:

333.7 23

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HC79.E5

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Contents:

Preface -- Ecological Crisis, Eco-civilization and Eco-city -- An Evaluation on China’s Eco-city Construction -- Environment-Friendly City -- Resource-Saving City -- Green Industry City -- Circular Economy city -- Landscape and Leisure city -- Green Consumption city.

In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book introduces the concept of Eco-civilization, highlights the construction and development of eco-cities in China, and assesses the achievements and shortcomings of China’s eco-city construction projects. As both China and Western countries face an impending ecological crisis, responding to that crisis is a common challenge for all human beings. There is an overwhelming consensus among Chinese scholars that in order to successfully address the ecological crisis successfully we must establish an eco-civilization, and one important step toward accomplishing that goal is to plan and construct eco-cities.

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This book introduces the concept of Eco-civilization, highlights the construction and development of eco-cities in China, and assesses the achievements and shortcomings of China’s eco-city construction projects. As both China and Western countries face an impending ecological crisis, responding to that crisis is a common challenge for all human beings. There is an overwhelming consensus among Chinese scholars that in order to successfully address the ecological crisis successfully we must establish an eco-civilization, and one important step toward accomplishing that goal is to plan and construct eco-cities.