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Environmental Regulation in China
Ma, Xiaoying; Ortolano, Leonard; Xiaoying Ma
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Description for Environmental Regulation in China
Hardback. Even though China has created an administrative structure and regulatory programmes to curb pollution, environmental quality has continued to deteriorate. This study analyzes compliance with environmental programmes involving wastewater discharge standards, fees, and permits. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNH; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847693986
SKU
V9780847693986
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99-15
About Ma, Xiaoying; Ortolano, Leonard; Xiaoying Ma
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.
Reviews for Environmental Regulation in China
A worthy addition to the literature on public policy and environmental protection.
China Quarterly
The popular perception of China in the West is of rapid industrial growth with scant regard for the environment. Ma and Ortolano's timely book dispels this myth and reveals a complex system of environmental regulations albeit in a very different institutional setting to most ... Read more
China Quarterly
The popular perception of China in the West is of rapid industrial growth with scant regard for the environment. Ma and Ortolano's timely book dispels this myth and reveals a complex system of environmental regulations albeit in a very different institutional setting to most ... Read more