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Environmental Regulation in China: Institutions, Enforcement and Compliance  
Author: Leonard Ortolano
ISBN: 0847693996
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
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? And what factors affect the way regulators and polluters alike have responded to China's environmental controls? This thoroughly documented study examines these central questions by analyzing compliance with environmental programs involving wastewater discharge standards, fees, and permits. The successes and failures of these programs are followed in comprehensive case studies and remarkably candid surveys of factory managers in six Chinese cities. The authors' exploration of the evolution of SOEs and TVEs, the nature of Chinese negotiation, and the role of Confucian tradition has important implications for our understanding of regulation throughout China's industrial complex. Their final chapter adds an international context by comparing Chinese water pollution control programs with their counterparts in the United States.


About the Author
Xiaoying Ma is an environmental specialist with the Asian Development Bank in Manila. Leonard Ortolano is the UPS Foundation Professor of Civil Engineering at Stanford University.




Environmental Regulation in China: Institutions, Enforcement and Compliance

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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? And what factors affect the way regulators and polluters alike have responded to China's environmental controls? This thoroughly documented study examines these central questions by analyzing compliance with environmental programs involving wastewater discharge standards, fees, and permits. The successes and failures of these programs are followed in comprehensive case studies and remarkably candid surveys of factory managers in six Chinese cities. The authors' exploration of the evolution of SOEs and TVEs, the nature of Chinese negotiation, and the role of Confucian tradition has important implications for our understanding of regulation throughout China's industrial complex. Their final chapter adds an international context by comparing Chinese water pollution control programs with their counterparts in the United States.

Author Biography: Xiaoying Ma is an environmental specialist with the Asian Development Bank in Manila. Leonard Ortolano is the UPS Foundation Professor of Civil Engineering at Stanford University.

     



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