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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2007, Volume 1, Issue 4 doi: 10.1007/s11783-007-0067-4

Diagnosis and recommendations for transjurisdictional water pollution management in China

School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;

Available online: 2007-12-05

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Abstract

Large-scale water environmental deterioration is one of the most prominent environmental issues in current China. Transjurisdictional water pollution is an important reason for water environmental deterioration of river basins, and currently there are some major defects that exist in China s management system related to transjurisdictional water pollution. With seven major river basins in China as an object of study, this paper is designed to perform a diagnosis of major problems about the transjurisdictional water pollution management in China from three aspects, i.e. institution, mechanism, and legislation. On the basis of this, it gives an overall train of thoughts on the reform of transjurisdictional water pollution management in China, and proposes specific recommendations from the aforesaid three aspects.

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