| Title |
A Green Leap Forward? Eco-State Restructuring and the Tianjin-Binhai Eco-City Model |
| ID_Doc |
18692 |
| Authors |
Chang, ICC; Leitner, H; Sheppard, E |
| Title |
A Green Leap Forward? Eco-State Restructuring and the Tianjin-Binhai Eco-City Model |
| Year |
2016 |
| Published |
Regional Studies, 50.0, 6 |
| DOI |
10.1080/00343404.2015.1108519 |
| Abstract |
Chang I-C. C., Leitner H. and Sheppard E. A green leap forward? Eco-state restructuring and the Tianjin-Binhai eco-city model. Regional Studies. China has experienced a remarkable explosion of designated eco-cities since the year 2000, with Tianjin-Binhai becoming the best-practice model. Embedded in broader political economic changes, shifting multi-scalar regimes of environmental governance have shaped this efflorescence. Applying eco-state restructuring, this paper argues that eco-city construction became a new strategic project after the 2000s, driven by central state-driven model cities and assessment initiatives. This also led to a very different kind of best practice' eco-city model: Tianjin-Binhai, a China-Singapore collaboration in which greenness is manufactured rather than adapted. Notwithstanding significant implementation problems, Tianjin-Binhai's status as best practice persists, raising questions about what it means to claim eco-city status. |
| Author Keywords |
Eco-state restructuring; Urban environmental governance; Eco-cities; China; Tianjin-Binhai |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000374629700002 |
| WoS Category |
Economics; Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geography; Public Administration |
| PDF |
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00343404.2015.1108519?needAccess=true
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