Castán Broto, V. orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-9859, Westman, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-4599-4996 and Huang, P. (2023) For an urban politics of looking elsewhere: climate action in rapidly growing Chinese cities. Journal of Planning Literature, 38 (3). pp. 380-394. ISSN 0885-4122
Abstract
Urban areas mediate climate transformations and generate new forms of climate urbanism. Looking at climate action in the twelve fastest-growing cities in China with under one million people, this paper proposes a perspective on urban climate politics ‘from elsewhere' that foregrounds the potential role of smaller urban areas in mediating climate transformations. The analysis reveals three climate action strategies that reflect practical, institutional, and personal spheres of climate transformations. Planning action in the personal sphere provides opportunities for urban transformations. A perspective ‘from elsewhere’ calls for greater attention to planning for diverse change strategies for climate transformation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Planning Literature. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | ordinary cities; climate change; experimentation; China; rapid urbanization |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Faculty of Social Sciences Research Institute |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 804051 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2025 13:27 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jan 2025 09:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/08854122231154495 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:221873 |