Eco-cities, governance and sustainable lifestyles: The case of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City

Habitat International

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-86

  Flynn, Andrew ^a   Yu, Li ^a,b   Feindt, Peter ^c   Chen, Chun ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Governance; Lifestyle; Sino Singapore Tianjin Eco City; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOREGION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LIFESTYLE; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84947715575     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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