Toward an Environmentally Sustainable Future: Country Environmental Analysis of the People's Republic of China

Asian Development Bank (adb), Asian Development Bank (adb) (), Asian Development Bank (adb) and Asian Development Bank (adb)
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No RPT113974, ADB Reports from Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Abstract: Toward an Environmentally Sustainable Future presents the results of a 2-year effort to update environmental assessment in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The research was a collaborative effort involving the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Development and Reform Commission, and numerous other technical and research institutions in the PRC. Based on this research and extensive consultations, ADB proposes a wide range of programs and policies that will help improve environmental quality despite new and emerging sources of pollution and challenges to natural resources management. Inclusive growth and a green economy are the government’s guiding principles for its development agenda under the 12th Five-Year Plan and beyond to 2020. To support these principles, the PRC needs to restructure its economic and fiscal systems to reflect environmental externality, expand the use of market-based instruments to control pollution, and introduce and implement legal reforms to clarify responsibility and promote cooperation. Written for a broad audience, this publication will be of interest to all those concernedabout environmental quality in Asia.

Keywords: environmental analysis; environmental protection; environmental situation; pollution control; water and air pollution; solid waste management; natural resources management; five-year plan; people's republic of china; pr china; china; prc (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 224 pages
Date: 2012-08, Revised 2014-04-02
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