Title: An overview of environmental pollution prevention and management in China

Authors: Yong Hua Dong, Diane Holt

Addresses: Centre for Urban Pollution Research, Middlesex University, Bounds Green Road, London N11 2NQ, UK. ' Centre for Interdisciplinary Strategic Management Research, Middlesex University Business School, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, UK

Abstract: This paper provides a broad overview of pollution prevention and management in China and details the specific measures that have been adopted at a national level. The paper begins by exploring some of the key environmental issues faced by China, and the history of environmental management in China. Then the current environmental legislation and standards in China are detailed, and the strategic pollution prevention measures that have been adopted are described. Next, the paper examines the environmental economic instruments and ethos that China appears to have adopted, and concludes by drawing a comparison with the development of pollution prevention in the western world and proposes a broad research agenda.

Keywords: China; environmental management; pollution prevention.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2001.004838

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2001 Vol.15 No.4, pp.406 - 416

Published online: 07 Jul 2004 *

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