Reforming China's multi-level environmental governance: Lessons from the 11th Five-Year Plan

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 106-111

  Liu, Lingxuan ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Bi, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental governance; Planned environmentalism; Target responsibility system

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; COMMUNITY; DECENTRALIZATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; TARGET RESPONSIBILITY SYSTEM;

EID: 84861823520     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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