Multi‐Level Governance and the Environment: Intergovernmental Relations and Innovation in Environmental Policy

Balme, Richard; Ye, Qi

doi:10.1002/eet.1635

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“…In addition, one noticeable joint action (R17) was the issuance of the Outline of Coordinated Development Plan in BTH by the CPC Politburo in early 2015, which proposes that industrial upgrading and transfer (from Beijing and Tianjin to Hebei) and stricter and more intense environmental inspections are the most compelling and urgent tasks in BTH to achieve collective development goals of the agglomeration. In other words, the Plan stated that the nation requires Hebei to take over the industries of Beijing and Tianjin, while engaging in more intense environmental inspections and investments [71].…”

Section: The Event Graph Of Environmental Governance Trajectory In Bthmentioning

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A Running Start or a Clean Slate? How a History of Cooperation Affects the Ability of Cities to Cooperate on Environmental Governance

Spekkink

2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:Since 2013, the Chinese central government has pushed cooperation on environmental governance in Urban Agglomerations (UAs). In some of these UAs, cities have previously been developing environmental governance activities autonomously, in the absence of inter-city cooperation, while on others, spontaneous cooperation has previously taken place. These differences in historical context provide us with an opportunity to study, in a comparative way, how a history of cooperation influences the effectiveness of inter-city cooperation on environmental governance. Our approach to carrying out this comparison is to reconstruct the trajectories of events that describe the evolution of environmental governance in two UAs (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Yangtze River Delta), covering the period from the early 90s to 2016. The main findings of this study are that the trajectory of environmental governance in a historical context of prior spontaneous cooperation is more effective in achieving goal intertwinement than that in a historical context of no prior cooperation; and that informal forms of cooperation, along with decentralized coordination by local actors, are critical and more influential in bringing about more effective cooperation. On the other hand, in a historical context of no prior cooperation there is an opportunity to design a cooperative structure from scratch; in this process attention should be paid to the creation of an equal playing ground, with balanced costs and benefits for all partners. By contrast, cooperation on environmental governance in a context where there is a history of spontaneous cooperation the central government can still play a role in the further facilitation of cooperation.

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Section: The Event Graph Of Environmental Governance Trajectory In Bthmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Running Start or a Clean Slate? How a History of Cooperation Affects the Ability of Cities to Cooperate on Environmental Governance

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2018

Sustainability

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“…Although the federal configuration allows a greater degree of power decentralization (Balme and Ye, 2014), openness to social participation in public policies only began after the democratic constitution of 1988. Although the federal configuration allows a greater degree of power decentralization (Balme and Ye, 2014), openness to social participation in public policies only began after the democratic constitution of 1988.…”

Section: S Ocial-ecological Systems (Sess) Are Complex Adaptive Systementioning

confidence: 99%

Biodiversity Governance from a Cross‐Level and Cross‐Scale Perspective: The case of the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil

Salema

Magrini

2016

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Biodiversity has gained international relevance with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). An important signatory of the agreement, Brazil is a megadiverse country with vast biomes. Internally, the Brazilian federative organization is characterized by discrepancies between the jurisdictional scale and natural boundaries. From a governance perspective, this article analyzes how political administrative bodies deal with biome subsets, using the Atlantic Forest biome as reference. The problem was researched through the dynamics between scales and levels, considering the action of governmental and non-governmental actors in the process, in the context of an adaptive approach. To overcome the mismatches between the federative structure and the biome, we present the 'governance of scales' model, which proposes articulation between the spatial scale and jurisdictional scale, through the institutional and management scales. Previous experiences of the Brazilian government in harmonizing watersheds and the coastal region with federalism enhance the feasibility of our biome-level proposal. The model is a useful contribution to biodiversity governance in favor of novel arrangements to improve the fit between social and ecological systems. Copyright

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“…Globally there is increasing recognition for incorporating participatory and collaborative decision-making in sustainable environmental policy design and implementation (Ribot, 2003;Ribot et al, 2006;Newig and Fritsch, 2009;Suškevičs, 2012;Lange et al, 2013;Balme and Ye, 2014;Cent et al, 2014;Newig and Koontz, 2014). Over the last decade, European policy has put growing emphasis on wider participation and the promotion of 'multilevel governance' (COM, 2009).…”

Section: Multilevel Governancementioning

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Multilevel Governance, Decentralization and Environmental Prioritization: How is it working in rural development policy in Scotland?

2015

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Adopting a 'multilevel' governance system and environmental prioritization for the Rural Development Policy (RDP) in Europe are key actions recommended by the European Commission. Member States can decide how and to what extent these actions are incorporated into their RDP design. Through 61 semi-structured in-depth interviews with institutional stakeholders, this study assesses the application of these recommendations in RDP in Scotland. The findings indicate that many barriers to effective implementation and environmental prioritization exist due to rigid centralized policy controls. A lack of regionalized autonomy has hindered the ability of regional actors to effectively prioritize local needs. For future policy design, a successful multilevel governance system will require a clearer link between central regulatory requirements and how these link to practical policy implementation. In addition, recognizing an emphasis on 'policy process' there will be trade-offs in effectiveness by outweighing consideration of actual policy outcomes.

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Multi‐Level Governance and the Environment: Intergovernmental Relations and Innovation in Environmental Policy

Cited by 29 publications

References 21 publications

A Running Start or a Clean Slate? How a History of Cooperation Affects the Ability of Cities to Cooperate on Environmental Governance

A Running Start or a Clean Slate? How a History of Cooperation Affects the Ability of Cities to Cooperate on Environmental Governance

Biodiversity Governance from a Cross‐Level and Cross‐Scale Perspective: The case of the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil

Multilevel Governance, Decentralization and Environmental Prioritization: How is it working in rural development policy in Scotland?

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