Environmental Policy and Governance in China

✍ Scribed by Hideki Kitagawa (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Japan
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Environmental Policy Under President Xi Jinping Leadership: The Changing Environmental Norms....Pages 1-15
Evolution of Environmental Thought and Enforcement of Environmental Protection Legislation in China: The Status Quo....Pages 17-46
Land Contamination Legislation in China: The Emerging Challenges....Pages 47-67
Environmental Management System in China: The Target Achieving Process....Pages 69-88
An Analysis of China Coal Resource Tax Reform and Its Implications on Resource Saving....Pages 89-108
Environmental Litigation and External Influence from Outside the Court in the PRC: A Case Study of Zhang Changjian et al. v. Rongping Chemical Plant....Pages 109-125
The Non-litigation Approach to Environmental Disputes in China: The Environmental Complaint Letters and Visits System – An Analysis....Pages 127-144
Review of the Legislation on Public Participation in EIA in China: From Disorder to Normalization....Pages 145-158
Multi-tiered Nature of Environmental Pollution Problems and the Pollution Control Governance in China: The Role of Environmental NGOs....Pages 159-176
Environmental NGOs and Environmental Pollution in China....Pages 177-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-198

✦ Subjects

Pollution, general;Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice;Environmental Management