Urban Innovations and Best Practices: Eco-City Development: New and Sustainable Way Forward
Asian Development Bank | November 2010
Abstract
Urbanization in the PRC reflects the pace of development and progress in the country. However, the rapid rate and sheer scale of urbanization is associated with increasingly pressing problems. The proliferation of eco-city development comes at a time when the PRC is reaching peak urbanization rates. Moreover, lowcarbon cities generally come at relatively lower economic cost for large developing countries, such as the PRC and India, compared with developed countries. Hence, the potential for cities to help address climate change should not be overlooked.
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Asian Development Bank. 2010. Urban Innovations and Best Practices: Eco-City Development: New and Sustainable Way Forward. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2808. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Urbanization
Urban Services
Urban Projects
Urban Problems
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy
Urban Planning
Urban Infrastructure
Urban Health
Urban Government
Urban Economic Development
Urban Development Finance
Urban Development
Urban Conditions
Urban Communities
Urban Population
Environmental Sustainability
Urban Plans
Urbanism
Urban agriculture
Economic Development
Rural Urban Migration
Cities
Institutional Framework
Business Management
Corporate Restructuring|Emission Control
Pollution Control
Local government
Urban renewal
Urban housing
Urban sociology
Transit systems
Rapid transit
Public transit
Mass transit
Personnel management
Corporate reorganizations
Intergovernmental cooperation
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Ecological risk assessment
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