The Experience and Challenges of China’s National Sustainable Communities (CNSCs)

Abstract:

In response to the situation that social development was seriously lagging behind economic development, China began implementing national sustainable communities (CNSCs) from 1986. The goal is to achieve the simultaneous development of life, production and environment, and achieve the synchronous growth of economic effect, biologic effect and social effect. To date, China has built 120 national sustainable communities, involving regions of different development levels and development conditions in the east, center and west parts of China. Successful experiences are analyzed systematically, including updated development concept, technology-driven, scientific planning program, public participation and social promotion. Some key problems are encountered, such as uneven distribution of resources and the geographical conditions, and administrative region boundary segmentation which affect CNSCs development, complexity and accumulation of resources and environmental problems.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 962-965)
• Pages: 2499-2504
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.962-965.2499
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Ning Wan, Chao Feng Shao*
• Keywords: China’s National Sustainable Communities, Development Model, Environmental Pollution, Resource Shortage, Sustainable Development

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