Distribution Pattern and Practical Exploration of the Green Consumption City in China
The evaluation system of the green consumption city is established on the basis of an analysis of the concept of the green consumption city and the need to construct green consumption cities, by selecting five characteristic indicators, namely the Engel c
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Development of Eco Cities in China
The Development of Eco Cities in China
Juke Liu Weiping Sun Wenzhen Hu •
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The Development of Eco Cities in China Weiguang Wang, Dadao Lu, Jingyuan Li
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Editors Juke Liu Lanzhou City University Lanzhou, Gansu China
Wenzhen Hu Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing China
Weiping Sun Institute of Philosophy Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing China
ISBN 978-981-10-2286-9 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2287-6
ISBN 978-981-10-2287-6
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Foreword
The concept of the ecological civilization as a new form of civilization follows on from the preceding fishing and hunting civilization, agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. The city, as the birthplace and carrier of human civilization, is at the center of our economic, political, cultural and social activities. How does the concept of the ecological civilization fit into wider urban development? A group of scholars in China are exploring the path of the development of the Chinese eco city, and The Report on the Study of the Eco City in China is the theoretical crystallization of that exploration. In 2015, China’s rate of urbanization was over 56.1 % and about 750 million people lived in urban areas. China has been transformed from a largely agricultural society to a much more urban society. In 1978, China’s rate of urbanization was only 18 %. Over these 37 years, the annual increase in the urban population has been about twelve million, approximately equal to the total population of Belgium, and the total increase of the urban population every five years is roughly equal to
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