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What waste are you- Analyzing 46 pilot cities’ MSW management program from the perspective of authoritarian environmentalism

Tang, Run LU (2021) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20211
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
The problem of growing waste and its management is global. The Chinese central government has tried several municipal solid waste (MSW) management pilot programs, but few of them succeeded. In this case study, the 2017 program applied the Target Responsibility System (TRS) to incentive 46 pilot cities to implement the specific requirements by the end of 2020.This thesis analyzes the heterogeneity of the material from both the central government andlocal governments through the theoretical scope of authoritarian environmentalism. Without enough clear harmonized strategy between the outputs and
implementation, the results show that unclear definition, unreasonable targets and short-term oriented evaluation system can lead to poor... (More)
The problem of growing waste and its management is global. The Chinese central government has tried several municipal solid waste (MSW) management pilot programs, but few of them succeeded. In this case study, the 2017 program applied the Target Responsibility System (TRS) to incentive 46 pilot cities to implement the specific requirements by the end of 2020.This thesis analyzes the heterogeneity of the material from both the central government andlocal governments through the theoretical scope of authoritarian environmentalism. Without enough clear harmonized strategy between the outputs and
implementation, the results show that unclear definition, unreasonable targets and short-term oriented evaluation system can lead to poor implementation. In this respect, a more sustainable and reasonable TRS and a long-term oriented evaluation system are suggested to the future environmental governance. (Less)
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author
Tang, Run LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Sustainability Science, target responsibility system, China, Municipal solid waste
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2021:035
language
English
id
9048565
date added to LUP
2021-06-04 09:18:34
date last changed
2021-06-04 09:18:34
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  abstract     = {{The problem of growing waste and its management is global. The Chinese central government has tried several municipal solid waste (MSW) management pilot programs, but few of them succeeded. In this case study, the 2017 program applied the Target Responsibility System (TRS) to incentive 46 pilot cities to implement the specific requirements by the end of 2020.This thesis analyzes the heterogeneity of the material from both the central government andlocal governments through the theoretical scope of authoritarian environmentalism. Without enough clear harmonized strategy between the outputs and 
 implementation, the results show that unclear definition, unreasonable targets and short-term oriented evaluation system can lead to poor implementation. In this respect, a more sustainable and reasonable TRS and a long-term oriented evaluation system are suggested to the future environmental governance.}},
  author       = {{Tang, Run}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{What waste are you- Analyzing 46 pilot cities’ MSW management program from the perspective of authoritarian environmentalism}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}