China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium

This report represents a further chapter in the dialogue between the World Bank and the People's Republic of China about how to promote economic growth and protect China's environment. There are three cross-cutting issues that keep recurr...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
BOD
COD
GAS
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1631741/china-air-land-water-environmental-priorities-new-millennium
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language English
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topic ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AIR POLLUTANTS
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR QUALITY
AUDITS
BASIN AUTHORITY
BASIN COMMISSION
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BOD
CAPACITY BUILDING
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
CLEANER PRODUCTION
COAL
COD
COMMUNITY GROUPS
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION OF NATURE
CONSTRUCTION
DEBT
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMISSION
EMISSION SOURCES
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
EMPLOYMENT
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS
ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS
ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNALITIES
FLUE GAS
FORESTRY
FUELS
GAS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
GREENHOUSE
HAZARDOUS WASTES
HEALTH RISKS
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPARTIAL JUDICIARY
IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES
INDUSTRIAL AREAS
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND RESOURCES
LEGAL STATUS
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
MUNICIPAL SEWAGE
MUNICIPAL WASTE
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL FORESTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
NITROGEN OXIDES
OIL
OZONE
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES
PARTICULATE MATTER
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LINE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
QUALITY ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASINS
RIVERS
SEWAGE TREATMENT
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
SPATIAL PLANNING
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
TIMBER
TRADE ORGANIZATION
VEHICLE EMISSIONS
WASTE
WASTE DISCHARGES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER POLLUTION
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEMAND
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY TRENDS
WATER RESOURCES
WATER TABLE
WATER TREATMENT
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATER USE
WETLANDS
spellingShingle ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AIR POLLUTANTS
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR QUALITY
AUDITS
BASIN AUTHORITY
BASIN COMMISSION
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BOD
CAPACITY BUILDING
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
CLEANER PRODUCTION
COAL
COD
COMMUNITY GROUPS
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION OF NATURE
CONSTRUCTION
DEBT
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMISSION
EMISSION SOURCES
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
EMPLOYMENT
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS
ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS
ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNALITIES
FLUE GAS
FORESTRY
FUELS
GAS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
GREENHOUSE
HAZARDOUS WASTES
HEALTH RISKS
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPARTIAL JUDICIARY
IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES
INDUSTRIAL AREAS
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND RESOURCES
LEGAL STATUS
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
MUNICIPAL SEWAGE
MUNICIPAL WASTE
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL FORESTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
NITROGEN OXIDES
OIL
OZONE
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES
PARTICULATE MATTER
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LINE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
QUALITY ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASINS
RIVERS
SEWAGE TREATMENT
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
SPATIAL PLANNING
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
TIMBER
TRADE ORGANIZATION
VEHICLE EMISSIONS
WASTE
WASTE DISCHARGES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER POLLUTION
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEMAND
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY TRENDS
WATER RESOURCES
WATER TABLE
WATER TREATMENT
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATER USE
WETLANDS
World Bank
China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
description This report represents a further chapter in the dialogue between the World Bank and the People's Republic of China about how to promote economic growth and protect China's environment. There are three cross-cutting issues that keep recurring throughout the analysis. These issues characterize the environmental management challenge over the next decade: First, the environmental agenda is becoming so complex and large that it cannot be adequately managed by one agency--the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) and its counterparts at lower levels--working on its own. Effective solutions will require the combined and coordinated efforts of many different branches of government and the re-thinking of many development policies. Second, the systemic fiscal and budgetary problems facing the country as a whole are making it difficult for environmental institutions to do their work. There is a growing gap between assigned responsibilities and the resources provided to carry out those responsibilities. Third, the government has to continue to diversify the approaches it takes and the environmental tools it uses to provide a better fit between the solutions developed and the problems being experienced in different parts of the country. The "one-size-fits-all" approach, as exemplified by various mass environmental campaigns, played a useful role in the past, but is proving increasingly inadequate to meet current demands.
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author World Bank
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title China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium
title_short China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium
title_full China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium
title_fullStr China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium
title_full_unstemmed China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium
title_sort china : air, land, and water - environmental priorities for a new millennium
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1631741/china-air-land-water-environmental-priorities-new-millennium
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14020
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spelling okr-10986-140202021-04-23T14:03:10Z China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium World Bank ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR QUALITY AUDITS BASIN AUTHORITY BASIN COMMISSION BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BOD CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON MONOXIDE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CLEANER PRODUCTION COAL COD COMMUNITY GROUPS CONSERVATION CONSERVATION OF NATURE CONSTRUCTION DEBT DEFORESTATION DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMISSION EMISSION SOURCES EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FLUE GAS FORESTRY FUELS GAS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS GREENHOUSE HAZARDOUS WASTES HEALTH RISKS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPARTIAL JUDICIARY IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES INDUSTRIAL AREAS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL WASTE LAND DEGRADATION LAND RESOURCES LEGAL STATUS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION MUNICIPAL SEWAGE MUNICIPAL WASTE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NITROGEN OXIDES OIL OZONE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES PARTICULATE MATTER PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTANTS POLLUTION CONTROL POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUALITY ASSESSMENT RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS SEWAGE TREATMENT SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SPATIAL PLANNING SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TIMBER TRADE ORGANIZATION VEHICLE EMISSIONS WASTE WASTE DISCHARGES WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE WATER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WASTEWATER WASTEWATER POLLUTION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY TRENDS WATER RESOURCES WATER TABLE WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER USE WETLANDS This report represents a further chapter in the dialogue between the World Bank and the People's Republic of China about how to promote economic growth and protect China's environment. There are three cross-cutting issues that keep recurring throughout the analysis. These issues characterize the environmental management challenge over the next decade: First, the environmental agenda is becoming so complex and large that it cannot be adequately managed by one agency--the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) and its counterparts at lower levels--working on its own. Effective solutions will require the combined and coordinated efforts of many different branches of government and the re-thinking of many development policies. Second, the systemic fiscal and budgetary problems facing the country as a whole are making it difficult for environmental institutions to do their work. There is a growing gap between assigned responsibilities and the resources provided to carry out those responsibilities. Third, the government has to continue to diversify the approaches it takes and the environmental tools it uses to provide a better fit between the solutions developed and the problems being experienced in different parts of the country. The "one-size-fits-all" approach, as exemplified by various mass environmental campaigns, played a useful role in the past, but is proving increasingly inadequate to meet current demands. 2013-06-19T18:34:21Z 2013-06-19T18:34:21Z 2001-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1631741/china-air-land-water-environmental-priorities-new-millennium 0-8213-4937-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14020 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication East Asia and Pacific China