Critical research on eco-cities? A walk through the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, China

Cities

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-17

  Caprotti, Federico ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eco city; Green urbanism; Resilience; Sustainable city

Indexed keywords

GATED COMMUNITY; GREENSPACE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84884375359     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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