Environmental policy and governance in China

• Other Authors: Kitagawa, Hideki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo, Japan : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environmental policy > China.; China.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9784431564904; 9784431564881
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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 environ...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; References; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Environmental Policy Under President Xi Jinping Leadership: The Changing Environmental Norms; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Proposal of Eco-civilization; 1.2 The Decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of CPC; 1.2.1 Improving the System of Natural Resource Property Rights and the System of Natural Resource Utilization Control; 1.2.2 Delimiting "the Red Line for Ecological Protection()"; 1.2.3 Implementing Compensation Systems for Use of Resources and for Damage to the Ecological Environment.
• 1.2.4 Reforming the Ecological Protection Management System1.3 Amendment to the Environmental Protection Law; 1.4 Law Administration and Governance; 1.4.1 Establishment of a Supervision System; 1.4.2 Reform of the Executive Personnel Management System; 1.4.3 Reform of Local Governments Finances; 1.4.4 Reform of Environmental Administrative Divisions; 1.4.5 Expansion of Information Disclosure and Actual Public Participation; 1.4.6 Others; 1.4.6.1 Introduction of Sustainable Assessment.
• 1.4.6.2 Development of Human Resources with Specialized Knowledge (Introduction of a Qualification System and Enforcement of S ... References; Chapter 2: Evolution of Environmental Thought and Enforcement of Environmental Protection Legislation in China: The Status Quo; 2.1 The Creation of EPL and the Development of Environmental and Resource Protection Laws in China from 1979 to 2010; 2.1.1 Birth of the EPL (for Trial Implementation) in 1979; 2.1.2 The SCNPC Revised and Approved the EPL for the First Time in 1989; 2.1.3 The Revision of EPL from 1993 Until To Date: The Unending Process.
• 2.2 The Approval of the Newly Revised EPL: The Evolutionary Process2.2.1 The Scope of EPL Revision Between 2011 and 2012: The Gradual Process; 2.2.2 The Scope of EPL Revision in 2013; 2.2.3 The Scope of EPL Revision in 2014; 2.3 The Enactment of the Newly Revised Environmental Protection Law: The Problematic Issues; 2.3.1 Current Status and Problems of Separate Environmental Protection Legislations; 2.3.2 Status and Problems of Environmental Administrative Enforcement; 2.3.3 Situation and Problems of Environmental Judicature; 2.4 Conclusion; References.
• Chapter 3: Land Contamination Legislation in China: The Emerging Challenges3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Growing Problem of Land Contamination in China; 3.2.1 Status Quo of Land Contamination in China; 3.2.2 Causes of Land Contamination in China; 3.2.3 Impacts of Land Contamination; 3.3 The Current Legal Landscape for Regulating Contaminated Lands; 3.3.1 Legislative Frameworks; 3.3.1.1 The Constitution of the Peopleś Republic of China; 3.3.1.2 Environmental Protection Law of the Peopleś Republic of China (As Amended in 2014); 3.3.1.3 Other Nationwide Laws and Regulations.