Fantasy islands : Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis /

The rise of China and its status as a leading global factory-combined with an increasing desire worldwide for inexpensive toys, clothes, and food-are altering the way people live and consume. At the same time, the world appears wary of the real costs of this desire: toys drenched in lead paint, dang...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sze, Julie (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
Sujets:
Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States.
Sustainable development > China > Shanghai.
Urban renewal > China > Shanghai.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > China > Shanghai.
Écologie urbaine > États-Unis.
Développement durable > Chine > Shanghai.
Rénovation urbaine > Chine > Shanghai.
Écologie urbaine > Chine > Shanghai.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
Sustainable development
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban renewal
Chongming Qu (Shanghai, China)
China > Shanghai
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Imprint; Subvention; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Fear, Loathing, Eco-Desire: Chinese Pollution in a Transnational World; 2. Changing Chongming; 3. Dreaming Green: Engineering the Eco-City; 4. It's a Green World After All? Marketing Nature and Nation in Suburban Shanghai; 5. Imagining Ecological Urbanism at the World Expo; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; Select Bibliography; Index.

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