Environmental Regulation in China: Institutions, Enforcement, and Compliance

Xiaoying Ma; Leonard Ortolano

doi:10.5771/9780742578524

Summary

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 United States.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2000
Copyright year: 2000
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8476-9398-6
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7425-7852-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 209
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. List of Acronyms No access
5. Preface No access
6. Acknowledgments No access
7. Location of the Six Cities Included in Our Study No access
1 Environmental Costs of China's Economic Growth No access Pages 1 - 12
2 Programs Regulating Industrial Pollution No access Pages 13 - 32
3 Administrative Structures and Post-1978 Economic Reforms No access Pages 33 - 54
4 Organizations Influencing Industrial Pollution Control No access Pages 55 - 76
5 Informal Rules of Behavior Affecting Compliance No access Pages 77 - 96
6 Program Design and Compliance No access Pages 97 - 114
7 Enforcing Environmental Regulations No access Pages 115 - 132
8 Effects of Profit, Cost, and Ownership Form on Enterprises' Response to Regulations No access Pages 133 - 152
9 Comparing China and the United States No access Pages 153 - 172
1. A Study Design: Objectives, Methods, and Definitions of Compliance No access
2. B Classes of Water Use in China No access
3. C National Effluent Standards No access
4. D Effluent Standards Applicable to Different Classes of Water Use No access
Bibliography No access Pages 191 - 200
Index No access Pages 201 - 208
About the Authors No access Pages 209 - 209