Environmental Regulation In China

Author : Xiaoying Ma,Leonard Ortolano
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0847693996

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Environmental Regulation in China by Xiaoying Ma,Leonard Ortolano Pdf

Even though China has created an administrative structure and regulatory programs to curb pollution, environmental quality has continued to deteriorate. Are polluters following the rules? How do regulators and polluters alike respond to ChinaOs environmental controls? This thoroughly documented study examines these central questions by analyzing compliance with programs involving wastewater discharge standards, fees, and permits. The successes and failures of these programs are tracked in comprehensive case studies and remarkably candid surveys of factory managers in six Chinese cities. The authorsO final chapter adds an international dimension by comparing Chinese water pollution control programs with their counterparts in the United States.

Author : Yuhong Zhao
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107039445

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Chinese Environmental Law by Yuhong Zhao Pdf

Analysis of Chinese environmental law with a focus on the development in statutory regulation, institution building and judicial innovation.

Author : Qin Tianbao
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780857931429

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Research Handbook on Chinese Environmental Law by Qin Tianbao Pdf

This Handbook provides a comprehensive review of the salient content and major developments of environmental law in transitional China. The core concepts, basic mechanisms and key challenges of Chinese environmental law are discussed, extending the fro

Author : Federico Pasini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000395525

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Effective Environmental Regulation in China by Federico Pasini Pdf

Though recently improved, Chinese legislation on environmental permits is still weak and urgent measures are needed to help the country in moving towards an effective permitting system. This book examines this legislation gap and presents a contribution to solving China’s pollution problems. By analysing the deficiencies of current Chinese provisions on permitting in light of EU legislation, and its Italian application, the book determines which permitting legislative structure and approach China should embrace in practice in order to build more comprehensive legislation on emission permitting. It is argued that a set of ad hoc legislative measures should be implemented so as to strengthen China’s environmental protection and efficiently tackle pollution. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of international environmental law and comparative law.

Author : Wang Xi,Lu Kun
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789403545127

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Environmental law in China by Wang Xi,Lu Kun Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides ready access to legislation and practice concerning the environment in China. A general introduction covers geographic considerations, political, social and cultural aspects of environmental study, the sources and principles of environmental law, environmental legislation, and the role of public authorities. The main body of the book deals first with laws aimed directly at protecting the environment from pollution in specific areas such as air, water, waste, soil, noise, and radiation. Then, a section on nature and conservation management covers protection of natural and cultural resources such as monuments, landscapes, parks and reserves, wildlife, agriculture, forests, fish, subsoil, and minerals. Further treatment includes the application of zoning and land-use planning, rules on liability, and administrative and judicial remedies to environmental issues. There is also an analysis of the impact of international and regional legislation and treaties on environmental regulation. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for environmental lawyers handling cases affecting China. Academics and researchers, as well as business investors and the various international organizations in the field, will welcome this very useful guide, and will appreciate its value in the study of comparative environmental law and policy.

Author : Carlos Wing-Hung Lo,Shui-Yan Tang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135016098

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Institutions, Regulatory Styles, Society and Environmental Governance in China by Carlos Wing-Hung Lo,Shui-Yan Tang Pdf

During the past three decades of rapid industrial growth, China has suffered from devastating environmental degradation. Most scholarly and popular publications have painted a rather pessimistic picture about the worrisome trend. Yet a somewhat more optimistic view has emerged in the past decade given the Chinese government’s increased commitment to fighting industrial pollution, the public’s increased concerns regarding the adverse effects of pollution, and domestic and international civil society’s increased involvement in promoting environmental protection in China. Drawing on the authors’ extensive research on Guangdong Province and a few large cities in other provinces, this book provides an in-depth study on China’s environmental governance and regulatory enforcement in the past two decades. Section 1 examines various institutional constraints for environmental regulation enforcement at the local level and how governance reform efforts in the past decade have contributed to the lessening of those constraints. Section 2 draws on data derived from surveys and interviews conducted in multiple cities and times; it examines the dominant regulatory enforcement styles of local environmental protection bureaus and how these styles vary across different regions and over time. Section 3 examines how various stakeholders—the general public, environmental groups, government entities, and corporations—affect the environmental governance process. Overall, the book presents a cautiously optimistic view on the evolution of environmental governance in China. While highlighting many political, institutional, social, and economic constraints, it also documents many changes that have taken place—including reform efforts from within the government administrative system, increasingly societal concerns and actions, and changing attitudes among corporate executives—potentially paving the way for more effective environmental governance in the future.

Author : Tim Swanson,Tun Lin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135247478

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Economic Growth and Environmental Regulation by Tim Swanson,Tun Lin Pdf

This volume assembles a group of eminent scholars to look at the problem of growth and environment from the perspective of environmental regulation. The questions addressed are: How does economic growth interact with regulation, and what are the best approaches to regulation in use today? The context for the volume is the current situation in China, where twenty years of rapid growth have created a situation in which there are both demands for environmental regulation and needs for choosing a future development path. The advent of "A Macro-Environmental Strategy" for China presents an opportunity to ask how and why China should introduce regulation into its management of its development. The volume includes contributions from leading Chinese experts and established environmental economists from other countries including Timo Goeschl, Ben Groom and Andreas Kontoleon. The volume looks at both the demand side of environmental regulation and the supply side. The demand side of regulatory intervention examines how regulation operates to supplement existing resource-allocation mechanisms, via effective demand aggregation and implementation mechanisms. The supply side of regulation examines how regulation operates to guide industrial growth down particular pathways, in the pursuit of managed development. Both sides of environmental regulation involve the important issue of implementation and enforcement. This volume will be of most value to academics and scholars of environmental economics, growth economics, the Chinese economy and policy-makers of environmental regulations.

Author : Wang Xi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 904114630X

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Environmental Law in China by Wang Xi Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides ready access to legislation and practice concerning the environment in China. A general introduction covers geographic considerations, political, social and cultural aspects of environmental study, the sources and principles of environmental law, environmental legislation, and the role of public authorities. The main body of the book deals first with laws aimed directly at protecting the environment from pollution in specific areas such as air, water, waste, soil, noise, and radiation. Then, a section on nature and conservation management covers protection of natural and cultural resources such as monuments, landscapes, parks and reserves, wildlife, agriculture, forests, fish, subsoil, and minerals. Further treatment includes the application of zoning and land-use planning, rules on liability, and administrative and judicial remedies to environmental issues. There is also an analysis of the impact of international and regional legislation and treaties on environmental regulation. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for environmental lawyers handling cases affecting China. Academics and researchers, as well as business investors and the various international organizations in the field, will welcome this very useful guide, and will appreciate its value in the study of comparative environmental law and policy.

Author : Phillip Stalley
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804775144

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Foreign Firms, Investment, and Environmental Regulation in the People's Republic of China by Phillip Stalley Pdf

This new book takes as its focus a simple yet critical question: Does foreign direct investment lead to weakened environmental regulation, thereby turning developing countries into "pollution havens"? The debate over this question has never before been the focus of a book about China. Phillip Stalley examines the development of Chinese law governing the environmental impact of foreign investors, describes how regional competition for investment has influenced environmental regulation, and analyzes the environmental practices of foreign and Chinese companies. He finds only modest evidence that integration with the global economy has transformed China into a pollution haven. Indeed, after China opened its domestic market, the entry of foreign films largely strengthened the environmental protection regime, including the oversight of foreign firms' environmental practices. Nevertheless, foreign firms (and the competition to lure them) have posed new challenges to controlling industrial pollution. Stalley identifies the conditions under which foreign investment contributes to and undermines environmental protection, offering readers a solid understanding of China's environmental challenges. He also builds on existing theory and provides hypotheses that can be tested with other developing nations.

Author : Lu Ruilan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317340782

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Handbook of Regulations on Environmental Protection in China by Lu Ruilan Pdf

The Handbook of Regulations on Environmental Protection in China details the environmental laws, regulations and standards in China for those enforcing and creating environmental policy as it stood in the early 1990’s. Originally published in English in 1994, this translation aims to illuminate an English-speaking audience on Chinese environmental policy on areas such as pollution, food standards and waste management. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies.

Author : Hideki Kitagawa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431564904

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Environmental Policy and Governance in China by Hideki Kitagawa Pdf

This book focuses on how to create an environmentally friendly society in China from the viewpoint of environmental law and policy. The authors accessed a great number of valuable sources not available in English, and interviewed various scholars and public officials, in order to analyze the environmental policies in China while comparing some of the features to Japan. The book stresses the importance of introducing a brand-new policy of central and local government, and analyses why these policies have not been executed effectively in the local society. In addition to the economy-oriented policy and spirit of the Chinese nation, which are the main causes, this book also highlights shortcomings in the inspection system, information management, and the extremely low degree of public participation as important aspects to focus on in order to tackle the current problems. The individual chapters will help readers to understand the environmental issues in China in depth, and provide guidance on resolving the issues in China and in developing countries that are now or soon will be facing the challenge of combining economic growth and environmental improvement. Air, water and soil pollution are serious challenges in China. The deterioration of the environment often leads to rioting that influences social stability, which is also a great concern to foreign investors. This book will be of interest to a professional audience such as policymakers, journalists, members of environmental NGOs, managers and employees who do business with China, as well as academic researchers and students.

Author : Neil Carter,Arthur P.J. Mol
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317998334

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Environmental Governance in China by Neil Carter,Arthur P.J. Mol Pdf

This is the first examination of how China is currently dealing with environmental problems and challenges, and of its successes, failures and dilemmas. This new book gives special attention to the development of ‘environmental governance’ in contemporary China, especially on the urban industrial and infrastructure sectors, showing how the rapid economic growth that has transformed China in recent years has major implications for the environment, as well as future economic development. Leading international scholars explore a range of key issues, including: economic growth and the environment the environmental policy process the legal framework for environmental protection the role of environmental NGOs energy policy water issues biotechnology and GMOs the international dimension. This book shows how environmental policy, politics and governance are core issues posed by China’s accelerated economic development. At the same time it analyzes, illustrates and argues that major steps are under way in taking up these challenges. In doing so the book provides an in-depth, balanced and comprehensive assessment of contemporary environmental reforms in China. This book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental Governance.

Author : Barbara J. Sinkule,Leonard Ortolano
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995-08-15
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015034892920

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Implementing Environmental Policy in China by Barbara J. Sinkule,Leonard Ortolano Pdf

In the 1980s, China established its first systems of environmental management collectively known as the three magic weapons: environmental impact assessment, pollutant discharge fees, and the three synchronizations. The authors explore the successes and failures of these systems through actual investigation of individual factories. They also examine the key agencies that implement environmental policy and their responsibilities to both leaders of local government and China's National Environmental Protection Agency. Their findings provide intriguing insights into the broader issues of environmental goals and priorities in developing countries, and the roles of both government agencies and entrepreneurs in policy implementation.

Author : Bingqiang Ren
Publisher : Springer
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137343680

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Chinese Environmental Governance by Bingqiang Ren Pdf

In this edited volume, leading environmental policy experts from China, USA, and Europe provide a contemporary view of Chinese environmental policy, analyzing current discussions among various actors and agencies. The book covers a wide range of topics including the gap between national policy goals and their local implementation, cultural and social factors shaping political behavior, legal and political systems affecting environmental policy creation and execution, new societal forces participating in environmental policymaking and governance, and local state strategies tasked with navigating a mix of political, legal, and societal forces. Featuring in-depth, empirically-grounded analyses with interdisciplinary approaches, the book is ideal reading for scholars interested in the complex nature of balancing Chinese environmental sustainability and economic growth.

Author : Lester Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Law
ISBN : UCSD:31822003190311

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Environmental Policy in China by Lester Ross Pdf