We have two newly published journal articles which draw on research from our smart eco-cities project. Both are available on open access. The first was co-authored by Linjun Xie, Andrew Flynn, May Tan-Mullins, Ali Cheshmehzangi, and appears in the journal Political Geography. It reviews the development of Chongming Eco-Island from a political ecology perspective. Download the article …
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Low-carbon promises and realities: Lessons from three socio-technical experiments in Shanghai
A new journal article, drawing partly on our fieldwork in China last year, has just been published. It explores what has become of three planned low-carbon developments in the Shanghai region (Anting New Town, Dongtan Eco-City, and Hongqiao CBD’s low-carbon transportation hub). The authors of the article include our smart-eco project colleagues Frans Sengers, Linjun …
Gdansk and Utrecht – Two September Presentations
Rob Cowley presented findings from our project last week at a workshop on ‘Spatial Smartness’, organised by the Regional Studies Association (RSA) Research Network on ‘Smart City-Regional Governance for Sustainability’, at the University of Gdansk. The previous week, Frans Sengers gave a paper comparing the governance dimensions of smart city development in Holland, Germany and China, at …
New Videos & YouTube Channel
We have published some short videos on our new YouTube channel, in which three of our colleagues discuss smart-eco urban development in Germany, China, and the Netherlands. You can visit and subscribe to the smart-eco cities YouTube channel here. Philipp Spaeth (Freiburg University) May Tan-Mullins (University of Nottingham Ningbo) Frans Sengers (Utrecht University) …