This book offers careful glimpse from the lenses of selected case studies of major counties in East Asia, namely China and Japan to obtain insights as well as lessons regarding their perspective sustainable cities development. Urban sustainability is the pillar domain for achieving overall sustainability. East Asia has the world most populous countries and cities; therefore, it is of great importance to understand, analyze, and assess the sustainable urban development trends and paradigms in an East Asia setting so as to better guide the future development of sustainable cities in the region. The outcomes of this book are policy-relevant consultations to key stakeholders from various walks of sustainability studies.
Table des matières
Introduction.- Review of literature.- Eco-city development in china: international perspective and comparison.- Low-carbon city development in china: lessons and references from other countires.- Understanding smart-city developments: a new framework and its application in japan.- New evaluation approach for sustainable cities: from smart city concept to indicator weighting.- Conclusions.
A propos de l’auteur
Dr. Zou, Xiaolong is Associate Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs in Jilin University and is also Researcher at the Institute of National Development and Security Studies at the same university. He obtained his Ph.D. in Asia-Pacific Studies from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. His research interests include public policy (urban sustainability and renewables), global energy and climate governance, environmental politics, etc.
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