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Knowledge and insight in national environmental governance in China
is widespread. However, increasingly it has been acknowledged that
the major problems in guiding the Chinese economy and society
towards sustainability are to be found at the local level. This
book illuminates the fast-changing dynamics of local environmental
politics in China, a topic only marginally addressed in the
literature. In the course of building up an institutional framework
for environmental governance over the last decade, local actors
have generated a variety of policy innovations and experiments. In
large measure these are creative responses to two main challenges
associated with translating national environmental policies into
local realities. The first such challenge is a 'policy
implementation gap' stemming from the absence of the state capacity
necessary to the implementation of environmental measures. The
second challenge refers to the need for local non-state actors to
engage in environmental management; oftentimes such a
'participation gap' contributes to implementation failures. In
recent years, we have seen a multitude of initiatives within China
at the provincial level and below designed to bridge both 'gaps'.
Hence, the central aim of this book is to assess these experiments
and innovations in local environmental politics. This book was
originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Environmental Policy and Planning.
Knowledge and insight in national environmental governance in China
is widespread. However, increasingly it has been acknowledged that
the major problems in guiding the Chinese economy and society
towards sustainability are to be found at the local level. This
book illuminates the fast-changing dynamics of local environmental
politics in China, a topic only marginally addressed in the
literature. In the course of building up an institutional framework
for environmental governance over the last decade, local actors
have generated a variety of policy innovations and experiments. In
large measure these are creative responses to two main challenges
associated with translating national environmental policies into
local realities. The first such challenge is a 'policy
implementation gap' stemming from the absence of the state capacity
necessary to the implementation of environmental measures. The
second challenge refers to the need for local non-state actors to
engage in environmental management; oftentimes such a
'participation gap' contributes to implementation failures. In
recent years, we have seen a multitude of initiatives within China
at the provincial level and below designed to bridge both 'gaps'.
Hence, the central aim of this book is to assess these experiments
and innovations in local environmental politics. This book was
originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Environmental Policy and Planning.
This book presents an analysis of why some large infrastructure
projects are delayed or compromised and offers important insights
into the better delivery of future projects. It provides an
important reaction to the ambitious EURO315 billion investment plan
devised by the European Commission, wherein Europe's infrastructure
is a key investment target. Germany is adopted as a focus, as
Europe's largest economy, and a nation that has seen significant
delays and tensions in the delivery of key infrastructure projects.
The contributions to this volume demonstrate various patterns for
infrastructure assets and illustrate how factors such as poor
project governance, early planning mistakes, inappropriate risk
management and unforeseen technological challenges influence
delivery. The in-depth case studies on the Berlin Brandenburg
Airport, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and offshore wind parks show
how project delivery can face massive problems, and illuminating
solutions are offered to these problems. Overall, the case of
Germany also offers the opportunity to assess various new forms of
project delivery, such as public-private partnerships (PPP), and
the risks and opportunities of ambitious first-mover 'pioneer'
projects. The book will be of great interest for scholars and
upper-level students of human geography, business and management,
as well as policy makers.
This book presents an analysis of why some large infrastructure
projects are delayed or compromised and offers important insights
into the better delivery of future projects. It provides an
important reaction to the ambitious EURO315 billion investment plan
devised by the European Commission, wherein Europe's infrastructure
is a key investment target. Germany is adopted as a focus, as
Europe's largest economy, and a nation that has seen significant
delays and tensions in the delivery of key infrastructure projects.
The contributions to this volume demonstrate various patterns for
infrastructure assets and illustrate how factors such as poor
project governance, early planning mistakes, inappropriate risk
management and unforeseen technological challenges influence
delivery. The in-depth case studies on the Berlin Brandenburg
Airport, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and offshore wind parks show
how project delivery can face massive problems, and illuminating
solutions are offered to these problems. Overall, the case of
Germany also offers the opportunity to assess various new forms of
project delivery, such as public-private partnerships (PPP), and
the risks and opportunities of ambitious first-mover 'pioneer'
projects. The book will be of great interest for scholars and
upper-level students of human geography, business and management,
as well as policy makers.
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