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Strategic thinking on the new urbanization road in the era of ecological civilization

Juan Huang

Article ID: 1824
Vol 1, Issue 1, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/ec.v1i1.1824

Received: 5 March 2020; Accepted: 26 April 2020; Available online: 10 May 2020;
Issue release: 30 June 2020

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The road of urbanization determines the fate of urbanization New urbanization with Chinese characteristics must meet the requirements of the times for the construction of ecological civilization and take the Ecological Urbanization Road of beautiful ecology, developed production and beautiful life. In the process of new urbanization with Chinese characteristics, building an ecological city is the direction, improving people’s happiness is the goal, building a “three oriented society” is the focus, developing ecological economy is the way, cultivating ecological culture is the engine, optimizing the “three living” space is the carrier, perfecting the “three living” system is the guarantee, and innovating the “three living” science and technology is the support. The research aims to provide new ideas for exploring a new urbanization road with Chinese characteristics.

Keywords

ecological civilization; new urbanization; development path

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