Green development of Asia-Pacific cities : building better cities towards 2030 / [edited by] Zheng Zhao.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhao, Zheng, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development--Pacific Area--Case studies.

Sustainable urban development.

Sustainable urban development--Asia--Case studies.

City planning--Pacific Area--Case studies.

City planning.

City planning--Asia--Case studies.

Asia.

Pacific Area.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 393 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2019]

Summary:

"The book evaluates and analyses the level of green development in over 100 major cities in Asia Pacific. A quantitative analysis of the relationship with economic growth, income distribution, innovation capabilities, service sector, governance levels, and city clusters are accumulated and presented in the form of a new index; the Urban Green Development Index (UGDI). Amongst the cities discussed in the case studies are Penang (Malaysia), Singapore, Vladivostok (Russia), Portland (USA), Hamburg (Germany), and Stockholm (Sweden)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Research group of the Asia-Pacific urban green development report

Background and theoretical interpretation of urban green development

Basic connotations and analysis framwork of urban green development

Urban Green Development Index and evaluation index system

Evaluation results and main research findings of Asia-Pacific urban green development

Clean technology and sustainable urban solutions in Singapore

Air governance in London : experiences and strategies

Urban green energy development in Russia : Vladivostok city

Green urban development in Asia and the Pacific : water issues for tourism

Current practice on resource efficiency in Southeast Asian cities

Case study : Portland urban growth management

Urban green growth in Japan : the case of Kitakyushu

Malaysia urban green development : a case study of Penang

Seoul's experience and inspiration from the governance of Cheonggyecheon

Taiwan China : a green city underpinned by Youbike

Inspirations of Hong Kong's severe weather pre-warning and response mechanism for Beijing

Contributing and creating attractiveness through the development of a sustainable and smart city district : Stockholm Royal Seaport

Green space and peoples' leisure life : overseas experience and China's reality

China's regional development strategy and urban green efficiency : based on urban data analysis of the Silk Road economic belt

Green development strategy of Asia-Pacific cities

Urban green development strategy in China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789813236813

9813236817

OCLC:

1022617835