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Performing the ecological fix under state entrepreneurialism: a case study of Taihu New Town, China

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. Green open access

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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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