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URBAN RESEARCH & PRACTICE
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 54-74Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2012.762216
Keywords
eco-cities; urban sustainability; green city; smart city; low-carbon city
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- Nirman Foundation (Alexandria, USA)
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The global mainstreaming of urban sustainability policy, since the early 2000s, points to a new phenomenon: the 'ubiquitous eco-city'. Its key features - based on the analysis of a census of 178 initiatives - include: the significant, global proliferation of eco-city initiatives; increased international knowledge transfer activities involving both public and private actors; the centrality of 'carbon discourse' guiding concepts, policy and practice; the marrying of 'green' with 'smart' technological systems; and a focus on achieving environmental innovation through economic growth. Among the implications is the need to moderate the 'ubiquitous eco-city' paradigm with strong local contextualisation and social sustainability measures.
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