The circulation of swedish urban sustainability practices: To China and back

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 537-553

  Hult, Anna ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Ecocity; Ecological Modernization; Sustainable urban development; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; MODERNIZATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84925409544     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a130320p     Document Type: Article

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