Xie, Linjun, Flynn, Andrew  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5728-1569, Tan-Mullins, May and Cheshmehzangi, Ali
2019.
The making and remaking of ecological space in China: The political ecology of Chongming Eco-Island.
Political Geography
69
, pp. 89-102.
10.1016/j.polgeo.2018.12.012
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Abstract
This paper contributes to debates on urban sustainable development through a critical examination of current state-led and Ecological Modernization-guided eco-developments in China. Using Chongming Eco-Island as a case study, we critically evaluate the practices and effects of current development practices alongside ecological, economic, and social dimensions. Adopting an alternative analytical approach – political ecology, our analysis brings to the fore a host of stakeholders’ voices and knowledge (especially the often-marginalized grassroots), triangulated with archival research and on-site observation. Our findings show that the Eco-Island development with an Ecological Modernization bias generates unintended and adverse results for the local community and the environment. We argue that political ecology, as both a contesting perspective in sustainable development and as a critical analytical method in understanding society-environment relations, serves as an attractive alternative strategy for those seeking to analyze a more nature-focused, locally-relevant means to promote just planning for urban sustainability.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0962-6298 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 9 January 2019 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 27 December 2018 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2024 13:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/118239 |
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