Zhang, F;
Wu, F;
(2022)
Performing the ecological fix under state
entrepreneurialism: a case study of Taihu New Town, China.
Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies
, 59
(5)
pp. 1068-1084.
10.1177/0042098021997034.
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Abstract
China’s eco-cities are often regarded as branding tactics of the entrepreneurial local state for economic growth and land revenue generation. However, it is not clear whether the ecological goal has been pursued at all. This paper fills this lacuna using a case study of Taihu New Town. Through an ecological fix perspective we suggest that ecological enhancement through the production of nature is attempted in conjunction with the production of the built environment. The ecological fix is not confined to an economic agenda. Under state entrepreneurialism, the central state maintains environmental governance in the name of ‘ecological civilisation’, while the local state performs the ecological fix. In Wuxi, the fixes include the removal of low-efficiency, polluting town and village enterprises (TVEs); creation of green space and infrastructure; the development of renewable energy; and low-carbon transition.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Performing the ecological fix under state entrepreneurialism: a case study of Taihu New Town, China |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0042098021997034 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098021997034 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | China, eco-cities, entrepreneurial governance, environmental governance, new town, socioecological fix |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10122539 |
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