How to Exercise Administrative Authority Efficiently in the Management of PAs Under a Holistic Spatial Protection Perspective—Evidence from China

Xiaoya Cheng and Haoran Gao ()
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Xiaoya Cheng: School of Law, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Haoran Gao: School of Law, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-30

Abstract: Administrative authority in the management of protected areas (PAs) shapes the pattern of the governance network of PAs, which is directly related to the balance and stability of natural resource elements and the whole ecosystem in PAs. A PA itself is a special ecological space, and the management of PAs must be able to guarantee the shaping of the order of this special ecological space. This paper built an analytical framework of administrative authority in the management of PAs from the perspective of holistic spatial protection by utilizing qualitative research methods and analyzing policy texts, legal texts, and typical judicial cases related to the governance of PA to sort out and review the administrative authority in the management of PAs. It proposes to centralize and synergize the exercise of administrative power in the management of PAs to meet the expectation of the comprehensive, synergistic, and holistic management of PAs.

Keywords: protected areas; holistic spatial protection; administrative authority; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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