Urban sustainable development in East Asia understanding and evaluating urban sustainable trends in China and Japan / Xiaolong Zou.

This book offers careful glimpse from the lenses of selected case studies of major counties in East Asia, namely China and Japan to obtain insights as well as lessons regarding their perspective sustainable cities development. Urban sustainability is the pillar domain for achieving overall sustainab...

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Main Author: Zou, Xiaolong
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore: Springer, 2023.
Series:Urban sustainability (Springer (Firm))
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505 0 |a Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background of Research -- 1.2 Objectives and Academic Inquiries -- 1.3 Adopted Methodologies -- 1.4 Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 Review of Literature -- 2.1 Urban Development Trends Towards Sustainability -- 2.1.1 Historical Background -- 2.1.2 Sustainable Urban Categories and Trends -- 2.1.3 From Garden City to Eco-Village -- 2.1.4 Eco-Cities -- 2.1.5 Low-Carbon Cities -- 2.1.6 Smart Cities -- 2.2 Prominent Urban Theories 
505 8 |a 2.3 Urban Sustainability Evaluation -- References -- 3 Eco-City Development in China: International Perspective and Comparaison -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Eco-City Origin and Concepts -- 3.1.2 Definitions of Eco-City -- 3.2 Development of the Eco-City -- 3.2.1 Eco-City Development -- 3.3 Eco-Cities Development in China -- 3.3.1 Eco-City Framework in China -- 3.3.2 The Eco-Cities Indicator Systems in China -- 3.4 Comparison for China's Eco-Cities with Japan's Cases -- 3.4.1 Selection of Case Study Cities -- 3.4.2 Data Collections -- 3.4.3 Comparison Criteria and Applied Method 
505 8 |a 3.5 Eco-City Comparison Between China and Japan -- 3.5.1 Economic Aspect -- 3.5.2 Environmental Aspect -- 3.5.3 Social Aspect -- 3.6 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- 4 Low-Carbon City Development in China: Lessons and References From Other Countires -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Development of China's Major National Urban Policies -- 4.2.1 International Background -- 4.2.2 China's Low-Carbon Urban Policy Developments -- 4.3 China's Low-Carbon Era -- 4.4 Lessons and Implications from Other Countries -- 4.4.1 Case Study of Japan: Kitakyushu Eco-Town Project 
505 8 |a 4.4.2 Case Study of Germany: Rhein-Hunsrück District-Renewable Energy -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Understanding Smart-City Developments: A New Framework and Its Application in Japan -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Smart City: A Global Background -- 5.1.2 Smart City in Japan -- 5.1.3 Smart City in China -- 5.2 Smart City: Their Origin, Concept and Indicators -- 5.2.1 Smart City Origins -- 5.2.2 Smart City Concepts -- 5.3 Smart City Indicator Systems -- 5.4 Proposed Smart City Framework Based on the Literature Review -- 5.5 Smart City Evaluation in Japan: Framework Application in Kitakyushu 
505 8 |a 5.5.1 Selection of Case Study: The City of Kitakyushu -- 5.5.2 Proposed Smart City Index for Kitakyushu City -- 5.6 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- 6 New Evaluation Approach for Sustainable Cities: From Smart City Concept to Indicator Weighting -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Weighting of Indicators by AHP -- 6.3 Methodology -- 6.3.1 A Smart City Conceptual Framework -- 6.3.2 Smart City Index (Indicator Selection) -- 6.4 Weighting of Smart City Indicators (Using AHP) -- 6.5 Survey Results and Discussion -- 6.6 Conclusion and Discussions -- References -- 7 Conclusions -- 7.1 Introduction 
520 |a This book offers careful glimpse from the lenses of selected case studies of major counties in East Asia, namely China and Japan to obtain insights as well as lessons regarding their perspective sustainable cities development. Urban sustainability is the pillar domain for achieving overall sustainability. East Asia has the world most populous countries and cities; therefore, it is of great importance to understand, analyze, and assess the sustainable urban development trends and paradigms in an East Asia setting so as to better guide the future development of sustainable cities in the region. The outcomes of this book are policy-relevant consultations to key stakeholders from various walks of sustainability studies. 
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