China's urban revolution : understanding Chinese eco-cities / Austin Williams.

By 2025, China will have built fifteen new 'supercities' each with 25 million inhabitants. It will have created 250 'Eco-cities' as well: clean, green, car-free, people-friendly, high-tech urban centres. From the edge of an impending eco-catastrophe, we are arguably witnessing hi...

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Main Author: Williams, Austin (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
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505 0 |a Preface -- What is an eco-city? -- Man must overcome nature -- Growing pains -- Industrial heartland / Rural Backwater -- Civilizing mission -- Getting there -- Fake eco, failed cities -- Urban experiments -- Conclusion -- Index. 
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