Outi Luova – författare

Kiina pyrkii johtavaan asemaan maailmassa vuoteen 2050 mennessä.Kiinan talous -kirja luo katsauksen nyky-Kiinan talouteen. Kirja tarkastelee myös Kiinan tämänhetkisten haasteiden ja ongelmien syitä sekä maan suunnitelmia niiden korjaamiseksi.Kiinan talous on maailman toiseksi suurin ja sen kehitys määrittää koko maailman suuntaa. Maan avautuminen liitti sadat miljoonat kiinalaiset osaksi maailmantaloutta ja tuotantoketjuja. Kiinasta tuli nopeaan tahtiin koko maailman paja ja tuotantoketjujen keskittymä. On vaikea kuvitella globalisaatiota ilman Kiinaa.Kiina on jättimäinen. Maassa on yli sata miljoonakaupunkia ja maatalousmaata on eniten maailmassa. Miljardöörejä on ennätysmäärä, mutta myös köyhyyttä on paljon ja tuloerot ovat valtavat. Kiinan päästöt ovat maailman suurimmat, ja siten se on avainasemassa ilmastonmuutoksen torjunnassa.Kiinan talouskasvu on hiipumassa, ja maa painii lukuisten ongelmien kanssa. Mitkä ovat Kiinan todennäköisiä tulevaisuuspolkuja kohti 2020-luvun loppua?Kirjoittajat työskentelevät Kiinan parissa:Outi Luova ja Lauri Paltemaa Turun yliopistossa ja Juuso Kaaresvirta, Eeva Kerola ja Riikka Nuutilainen Suomen Pankissa. Mukana on lisäksi energia-asiantuntija Lauri Myllyvirta ja strategisen ennakoinnin asiantuntija Sari Arho Havren.

This volume examines how urban stakeholders in China – particularly city governments and social actors – tackle China’s urban environmental crisis. The volume’s case studies speak to important interdisciplinary themes such as new tools and instruments of urban green governance, climate change and urban carbon consumption, green justice, digital governance, public participation, social media, social movements, and popular protest. It lays out a unique theoretical framework for examining and discussing urban green governance. The case studies are based on extensive fieldwork that examines governance failures, challenges, and innovations from across China, including the largest cities. They show that numerous policies, experiments, and reforms have been put in place in China – mostly on a pragmatic basis, but also as a result of both strategic policy design, civil participation, and protest. The book highlights how China’s urban governments bring together diverse programmatic building blocks and instruments, from China and elsewhere. Written by experts and researchers from different disciplines at leading universities in China and the Nordic countries in Europe, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students who are interested in Chinese politics, especially urban politics, governance issues, and social movements. Both students and teachers will find the theoretical perspectives and case studies useful in their coursework.The unique green governance perspective makes this a work that is empirically and theoretically interesting for those working with urban political and environmental studies and urbanization worldwide.

This volume examines how urban stakeholders in China – particularly city governments and social actors – tackle China’s urban environmental crisis. The volume’s case studies speak to important interdisciplinary themes such as new tools and instruments of urban green governance, climate change and urban carbon consumption, green justice, digital governance, public participation, social media, social movements, and popular protest. It lays out a unique theoretical framework for examining and discussing urban green governance. The case studies are based on extensive fieldwork that examines governance failures, challenges, and innovations from across China, including the largest cities. They show that numerous policies, experiments, and reforms have been put in place in China – mostly on a pragmatic basis, but also as a result of both strategic policy design, civil participation, and protest. The book highlights how China’s urban governments bring together diverse programmatic building blocks and instruments, from China and elsewhere. Written by experts and researchers from different disciplines at leading universities in China and the Nordic countries in Europe, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students who are interested in Chinese politics, especially urban politics, governance issues, and social movements. Both students and teachers will find the theoretical perspectives and case studies useful in their coursework.The unique green governance perspective makes this a work that is empirically and theoretically interesting for those working with urban political and environmental studies and urbanization worldwide.