Outputs (5)

From Eco-Urbanism to Eco-Fusion: An Augmented Multi-Scalar Framework in Sustainable Urbanism (2021)
Journal Article
Cheshmehzangi, A., Flynn, A., Tan-Mullins, M., Xie, L., Deng, W., Mangi, E., & Chen, W. (2021). From Eco-Urbanism to Eco-Fusion: An Augmented Multi-Scalar Framework in Sustainable Urbanism. Sustainability, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042373

This paper introduces the new concept of “eco-fusion” through an exploratory case study project. It suggests the importance of multi-scalar practice in the broader field of eco-urbanism. This study introduces eco-fusion as a multiplexed paradigm, whi... Read More about From Eco-Urbanism to Eco-Fusion: An Augmented Multi-Scalar Framework in Sustainable Urbanism.

Disappearing reeds on Chongming Island: An environmental microhistory of Chinese eco-development (2020)
Journal Article
Xie, L., Mauch, C., Tan-Mullins, M., & Cheshmehzangi, A. (2022). Disappearing reeds on Chongming Island: An environmental microhistory of Chinese eco-development. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 5(1), 225-249. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848620974375

This paper critically examines current ecological development planning and practice in China through an environmental microhistory approach. By tracing the gradual disappearance of an indigenous plant – the common reed (Phragmites australis) – on Cho... Read More about Disappearing reeds on Chongming Island: An environmental microhistory of Chinese eco-development.

Governing people, governing places: advancing the Protean Environmental State in China (2020)
Journal Article
Flynn, A., Xie, L., & Hacking, N. (2020). Governing people, governing places: advancing the Protean Environmental State in China. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 22(5), 724-744. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908x.2020.1806048

Since the 1990s, the unprecedented rate of economic change in China has created a series of critical policy challenges for both central and subnational states. How these policy challenges are conceived will determine how and when they can be solved.... Read More about Governing people, governing places: advancing the Protean Environmental State in China.

Nature-based Solutions for Urban Biodiversity Governance (2020)
Journal Article
Xie, L., & Bulkeley, H. (2020). Nature-based Solutions for Urban Biodiversity Governance. Environmental Science and Policy, 110, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.04.002

In this paper, we examine how cities are working with nature-based solutions for biodiversity. Drawing on a sample of 199 nature-based solutions across Europe, we identify how cities work with nature-based solutions to conserve nature, restore nature... Read More about Nature-based Solutions for Urban Biodiversity Governance.

Urban Entrepreneurialism and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese Eco-Developments (2019)
Journal Article
Xie, L., Cheshmehzangi, A., Tan-Mullins, M., Flynn, A., & Heath, T. (2020). Urban Entrepreneurialism and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese Eco-Developments. Journal of Urban Technology, 27(1), 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2019.1680940

In recent years, state entrepreneurialism and the notion of (urban) sustainability have become ever more closely intertwined in China and there has been a proliferation of eco-/low-carbon and other similar sustainability-themed urban initiatives that... Read More about Urban Entrepreneurialism and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese Eco-Developments.