Developing Sustainable Urbanization Index: Case of China

China: Public Participation. Sustainable Urbanization and Governance. - 2007

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to focus on the governance aspects of China’s environmental policy making and the conditions for meaningful public participation in sustainable urbanization policy making. China is facing a big urbanization challenge. Rapid economic growth and inefficient use of natural resources lead to excessive pollution and rapid depletion of China’s natural resourc...

Sustainable Urbanization and Its Policy Implications the Case of Turkey

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Urbanization in Developing Countries

The rapid urbanization in many developing countries over the past half century seems to have been accompanied by excessively high levels of concentration of the urban population in very large cities. Some degree of urban concentration may be desirable initially to reduce interand intraregional infrastructure expenditures. But in a mature system of cities, economic activity is more spread out. S...

An alternative model for evaluating sustainable urbanization

In recent years, there has been rapid urbanization worldwide, resulting in both benefits and problems. Sustainable urbanization has become an important aspect in promoting sustainable development. Existing studies have introduced various methodologies to guide urbanization towards sustainable practices. The application of these methods has contributed to improving urban sustainability. To furth...

SuStainable urbanization in aSia and latin america