Comparison of Enlightenments on Contemporary Eco-city Construction---between Ecological Values in Traditional Chinese Culture and the Western Ecological Ethics
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DOI: 10.25236/icclah.18.007
Author(s)
Wang Jiequan, Peng Mingsheng
Corresponding Author
Wang Jiequan
Abstract
The ecological ethic values, which determine the extent of people’s demand for natural resources, the natural resource extraction and distribution, have a great impact on people’s behaviors and bring utilization and alteration to our natural environment as well. Objectively speaking, current ecological problems were caused by human beings’ production and activities which were closely related with the economy and social development. But if we have a deeper exploration, it may be found that the values were the source of the problem. From micro perspective, values influenced people’s needs, needs influenced behaviors and behaviors will affect the environment; while from macro perspective, it influences the social institutions and ways of production.
Keywords
The Traditional Chinese Culture, Ecological Values, Ecological Cities, The Modern Ecological Ethics and The Ecological City Management