Chapter 1 Environmental Costs of China’s Economic Growth Chapter 2 Programs Regulating Industrial Pollution Chapter 3 Administrative Structures and Post-1978 Economic Reforms Chapter 4 Organizations Influencing Industrial Pollution Control Chapter 5 Informal Rules of Behavior Affecting Compliance Chapter 6 Program Design and Compliance Chapter 7 Enforcing Environmental Regulations Chapter 8 Effects of Profit, Cost, and Ownership Form on Enterprises’ Response to Regulations Chapter 9 Comparing China and the United States
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.
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 western or, for that matter, developing countries.
The book explores a wide field. One of its strengths is that it is
equaly relevant for the China specialist as for the informed
generalist impact assessment professional. This clearly written and
easily read book is a must for anyone interested in environmental
protection in China or indeed with China's evolving system of
governance.
*Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal*
A reliable guide to the current state of environmental regulation.
The book offers insights and cogent analysis. It will prove useful
to those who wish to explore what kinds of environmental policies
should be adopted in a country like China that is experiencing
rapid economic and social change.
*The China Journal*
An excellent introduction into the use of various regulatory and
economic instruments at the disposal of local Environment
Protection Bureaus for regulating enterprise behavior.
*China Information*
An excellent book. Ma and Ortolano have done a first-rate job
covering the range of issues—from the evolution of SOEs and TVEs to
the nature of Chinese negotiation and the importance of Confucian
tradition. There is nothing in the literature to date that covers
the same range of material in such a thorough and clearly
articulated fashion. Moreover, the interdisciplinary nature of the
research makes it unique and especially useful. Scholars,
environmental scientists, and businesspeople will all find the book
of importance.
*Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations*
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