title: A study of best practices in promoting sustainable urbanization in China.
abstract: In the past twenty years, various sustainable urban development policies and methods had been implemented within China, such that sustainable urbanization is now more widely accepted. Some of these policies and methods have been found to be successful in improving the sustainability of cities in China. Those practices can be defined as the best practices of sustainable urbanization, which can provide useful references for future urban developments. However, few existing studies examine how to learn from these best practices. Combining the methods of content analysis and social network analysis, this paper conducts a comprehensive study on 150 best practices of sustainable urbanization in China. The methods and outcomes of the 150 best practices are identified. The research findings demonstrate the statistics of categories, methods and outcomes of the 150 best practices and the main adopted methods. The achieved outcomes in different regions of China are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Building & Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Electronic address: bstan@polyu.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Yongtao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, 400065, China. Electronic address: huicc_xu@163.com.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiao Tong University, Chongqing, 400074, China. Electronic address: 396732441@qq.com.
authors.forename: Liudan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.affiliation: School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia. Electronic address: Jorge.OchoaPaniagua@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: J Jorge
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.affiliation: School of Construction Management & Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China. Electronic address: shenliyin@cqu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Liyin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Best practice; China; Content analysis; Environmental management; Social network analysis; Sustainable urbanization