A Green Leap Forward? Eco-State Restructuring and the Tianjin–Binhai Eco-City Model

Regional Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 929-943

  Chang, I Chun Catherine ^a   Leitner, Helga ^b   Sheppard, Eric ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Eco cities; Eco state restructuring; Tianjin Binhai; Urban environmental governance

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84958049605     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1108519     Document Type: Article

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