Eco-urbanism and the eco-city, or, denying the right to the city?

Antipode

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1285-1303

  Caprotti, Federico ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Eco city; Political ecology; Sustainable city; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908003669     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12087     Document Type: Article

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