Green-city models as an urban strategy: Hanoi between international practices and local assemblage

This paper examines the diffusion and implementation of the green-city model as a tool for town and regional planning in a middle-income country. The increasing number of publications that deal with models mainly investigate the way urban forms are generated and the role of international networks. These processes, however, have received less attention in the context of the global South, where the sustainable challenges are vast. The South East Asian city of Hanoi provides a unique opportunity to analyse how the green-city model emerges and takes root locally as a planning strategy in a large metropolis.