Abstract China's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011–2015) announces a shift to a new development
model and a new green governance approach. Can we indeed identify a specific Chinese …

Research summary: Emerging economies such as China enjoy economic expansion, but
also face dramatic environmental challenges. China's government is a central actor in both …

The obvious paradox within China's environmental politics is the big gap between the
central government's policy and its implementation outcomes at local levels. Despite …

For most developing countries, local government faces a trade-off between economic growth
and environmental protection. The intentions towards having a better environment as the …

" For all of the attention that has been paid to social organizations-and the research
conducted on them-our understanding has still been significantly limited by the persistent …

China has a highly centralized bureaucracy that is no longer strictly monitored by political
loyalty but by governance performance (eg, economic growth), rewarded with promotion and …

Decentralized environmental governance theory suggests that decentralization can produce
better environmental performance mainly because lower-level governments are closer to the …

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The high-growth, resource-and pollution-intensive industrialization model that China has
pursued has caused severe environmental pollution and deterioration, particularly in a …

China's system of environmental governance is changing rapidly, resulting in new
environmental institutions and practices. State authorities rule increasingly via laws and …