Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China
China's national leaders have recently made a priority of changing lanes from a pollution-intensive, growth-at-any-cost model to a resource-efficient and sustainable one. The immense challenges of rapid urbanization are one aspect of the...
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AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIRPORTS ALLOCATION ALLOWANCES AMMONIUM BRIDGE CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MODEL CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CITIES CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES COAL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS DEBT DIESEL DIESEL FUEL DISASTER PREVENTION DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DRASTIC MEASURES DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECOSYSTEM EFFECTIVE USE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION CAP EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS FROM COAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS FINANCIAL BURDENS FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL REWARDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FOREST COVERAGE FOREST INVENTORIES FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS FREE TRANSPORT FUEL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS HEAVY METALS HEAVY RELIANCE HIGHWAY HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHWAYS HOUSING INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN HIGHWAYS IRON LAKES LAND PRICES LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LANES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEADERSHIP LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS LOW-CARBON LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS MAYORS METHANOL MONITORING EQUIPMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDE OIL OXYGEN POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL LEADERS POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION PROBLEMS POPULATION GROWTH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS RAILWAY REAL ESTATE RECYCLING RENEWABLE ENERGY ROAD ROADS SCENARIOS SEWAGE SO2 STATE INTERVENTION STREETS SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SULFUR SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX REVENUE TAX SHARING TAXATION TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT REGULATION TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION VEHICLES WAGES WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WETLANDS |
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AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIRPORTS ALLOCATION ALLOWANCES AMMONIUM BRIDGE CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MODEL CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CITIES CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES COAL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS DEBT DIESEL DIESEL FUEL DISASTER PREVENTION DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DRASTIC MEASURES DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECOSYSTEM EFFECTIVE USE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION CAP EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS FROM COAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS FINANCIAL BURDENS FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL REWARDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FOREST COVERAGE FOREST INVENTORIES FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS FREE TRANSPORT FUEL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS HEAVY METALS HEAVY RELIANCE HIGHWAY HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHWAYS HOUSING INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN HIGHWAYS IRON LAKES LAND PRICES LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LANES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEADERSHIP LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS LOW-CARBON LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS MAYORS METHANOL MONITORING EQUIPMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDE OIL OXYGEN POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL LEADERS POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION PROBLEMS POPULATION GROWTH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS RAILWAY REAL ESTATE RECYCLING RENEWABLE ENERGY ROAD ROADS SCENARIOS SEWAGE SO2 STATE INTERVENTION STREETS SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SULFUR SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX REVENUE TAX SHARING TAXATION TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT REGULATION TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION VEHICLES WAGES WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WETLANDS Kostka, Genia Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China |
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East Asia and Pacific South Asia China |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7016 |
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China's national leaders have
recently made a priority of changing lanes from a
pollution-intensive, growth-at-any-cost model to a
resource-efficient and sustainable one. The immense
challenges of rapid urbanization are one aspect of the
problem. Central-local government relations are another
source of challenges, since the central government's
green agenda does not always find willing followers at lower
levels. This paper identifies barriers to a more
comprehensive implementation of environmental policies at
the local level in China's urban areas and suggests
ways to reduce or remove them. The research focuses
particularly on the reasons for the gap between national
plans and policy outcomes. Although environmental goals and
policies at the national level are quite ambitious and
comprehensive, insufficient and inconsistent local level
implementation can hold back significant improvements in
urban environmental quality. By analyzing local
institutional and behavioral obstacles and by highlighting
best-practice examples from China and elsewhere, the paper
outlines options that can be used at the national and local
levels to close the local "environmental implementation
gap." The findings emphasize the need to create
additional incentives and increase local implementation capacities. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Kostka, Genia |
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Kostka, Genia |
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Kostka, Genia |
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Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China |
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Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China |
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Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China |
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Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China |
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Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China |
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barriers to the implementation of environmental policies at the local level in china |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-203452021-04-23T14:03:55Z Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China Kostka, Genia AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIRPORTS ALLOCATION ALLOWANCES AMMONIUM BRIDGE CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MODEL CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CITIES CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES COAL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS DEBT DIESEL DIESEL FUEL DISASTER PREVENTION DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DRASTIC MEASURES DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECOSYSTEM EFFECTIVE USE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION CAP EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS FROM COAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS FINANCIAL BURDENS FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL REWARDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FOREST COVERAGE FOREST INVENTORIES FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS FREE TRANSPORT FUEL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS HEAVY METALS HEAVY RELIANCE HIGHWAY HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHWAYS HOUSING INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN HIGHWAYS IRON LAKES LAND PRICES LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LANES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEADERSHIP LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS LOW-CARBON LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS MAYORS METHANOL MONITORING EQUIPMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDE OIL OXYGEN POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL LEADERS POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION PROBLEMS POPULATION GROWTH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS RAILWAY REAL ESTATE RECYCLING RENEWABLE ENERGY ROAD ROADS SCENARIOS SEWAGE SO2 STATE INTERVENTION STREETS SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SULFUR SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX REVENUE TAX SHARING TAXATION TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT REGULATION TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION VEHICLES WAGES WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WETLANDS China's national leaders have recently made a priority of changing lanes from a pollution-intensive, growth-at-any-cost model to a resource-efficient and sustainable one. The immense challenges of rapid urbanization are one aspect of the problem. Central-local government relations are another source of challenges, since the central government's green agenda does not always find willing followers at lower levels. This paper identifies barriers to a more comprehensive implementation of environmental policies at the local level in China's urban areas and suggests ways to reduce or remove them. The research focuses particularly on the reasons for the gap between national plans and policy outcomes. Although environmental goals and policies at the national level are quite ambitious and comprehensive, insufficient and inconsistent local level implementation can hold back significant improvements in urban environmental quality. By analyzing local institutional and behavioral obstacles and by highlighting best-practice examples from China and elsewhere, the paper outlines options that can be used at the national and local levels to close the local "environmental implementation gap." The findings emphasize the need to create additional incentives and increase local implementation capacities. 2014-10-02T20:44:56Z 2014-10-02T20:44:56Z 2014-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20144757/barriers-implementation-environmental-policies-local-level-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20345 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7016 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific South Asia China |