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China’s eco dreams and green reality

In: Handbook on China’s Urban Environmental Governance

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This chapter examines the environmental ambitions and restraints; the myth and the reality of China’s urban expansion, focusing on the socio-political discourse within China and the broader geo-political context. This is a wide brief and so there are general points of principle drawn across the chapter rather than a narrow forensic assessment. It explores some of the hype in the West as well as the hyperbole in China with the intention of introducing a rational critique into a heavily political contemporary topic. It examines the general motivational trends within the political discourse, interrogates a number of case study examples, as well as assessing the consequences for China’s environmental aims and methods.

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  • Austin Williams, 2023. "China’s eco dreams and green reality," Chapters, in: Fangzhu Zhang & Fulong Wu (ed.), Handbook on China’s Urban Environmental Governance, chapter 2, pages 26-40, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21503_2
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