Creating a new socio-technical regime in China: Evidence from the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City

Futures

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Hu, Mei Chih ^a,d   Wu, Ching Yan ^b   Shih, Tommy ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eco City; Economic transition; Socio technical regime; Tianjin; Transformation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; MARKET TRANSITION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; TIANJIN;

EID: 84928676526     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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