Abstract

Governance of basin water pollution aims to break through contradictions between integrated river and divisibility of administrative divisions. It depends on the power of the government, the market and the public and constructs a network structure of governance with the major paths of intergovernmental cooperation, market regulation and public participation. It realizes cross-boundary governance of water pollution by means of design of the system and improvement of the mechanism. In the process of the current governance of water pollution in Huaihe River, problems exist at all the levels of inter-governmental cooperation and multi-participation of the market and the public. This paper embarks on the study of re-construction of the institutional framework of local inter-governmental cooperation, strengthening of cooperation between the government and market subjects in cross-boundary governance, reinforcement of participation of the public and non-governmental organizations and improvement of institutional arrangement of water resource law to construct and remodel the path of water pollution governance in Huaihe River.

Highlights

  • Governance of basin water pollution aims to break through contradictions between integrated river and divisibility of administrative divisions

  • In the process of the current governance of water pollution in Huaihe River, problems exist at all the levels of inter-governmental cooperation and multi-participation of the market and the public

  • This paper embarks on the study of re-construction of the institutional framework of local inter-governmental cooperation, strengthening of cooperation between the government and market subjects in cross-boundary governance, reinforcement of participation of the public and non-governmental organizations and improvement of institutional arrangement of water resource law to construct and remodel the path of water pollution governance in Huaihe River

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Summary

Summary of Huaihe River Basin

Huaihe River, called Huaishui in ancient times, has approximately an overall length of one thousand kilometers. It is one of the seven main valleys in China. According to the monitoring data offered by Huaihe River Water Conservancy Committee, the comprehensive water quality evaluation result of 36 trans-provincial rivers and 40 provincial cross sections of Huaihe River basin shows, there are four cross sections with category V of water that is polluted, accounting for 10% of the total cross sections; there are seven cross sections with category inferior V of water that is seriously polluted, accounting for 17.5% of the total cross sections. Water pollution governance is an endless process, which calls for cooperation from all social subjects. Cooperation should be made at multiple levels to form a multi-centric governance system and pattern

The Theory of Governance and Cross-boundary Governance
Government Leadership and Inter-governmental Cooperation
Market Regulation
Participation by Social Organizations
Lack of Information Sharing Mechanism
Lack of Interest Coordination Mechanism
Defects of the Market Mechanism
Insufficient Participation by the Public
Insufficient Participation by the Enterprises
Insufficient Participation by Non-profit Organizations
Construction of Inter-governmental Joint Law Enforcement Mechanism
Construction of Inter-governmental Water Quality Joint Detection System
Construction of Information Sharing Mechanism
Construction of Local Governmental Cooperation Supervision Mechanism
Innovation of Environmental Governance Model
Participation of Non-Governmental Organizations in Basin River Governance
Findings
Concluding Remarks
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