Institutional obstacles and opportunities for policy entrepreneurship in cross-border environmental management: a case study in China’s Greater Pearl River Delta region

IF 1.8 Q2 GEOGRAPHY Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2019-01-07 DOI:10.1080/10225706.2018.1563797
Vivian H. Y. Chu, Anna Ka-yin Lee
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ABSTRACT Air pollution was placed very low on China's policy agenda in the 1990s. Sharing the PRD's Southern border, Hong Kong became increasingly concerned with the pollution originating from their rapidly developing neighbors. This paper offers an explanatory study for the implementation of a trans-boundary air quality monitoring network in 2005 which was, in many ways, considered a breakthrough in environmental cooperation in this region. Empirical evidence demonstrates that extended efforts from a Hong Kong official had eventually triggered the Guangdong provincial government and the Hong Kong government to undertake a range of collaborative measures to improve regional air quality, including the establishment of the Pearl River Delta regional air quality monitoring network in 2005. Building upon the concept of “policy entrepreneurship,” this study discovers that the policy entrepreneur's political rank endowed him with direct access to the formal cross-border institution, through which he was able to build a close professional relationship with his mainland counterparts and enables him to be a transfer agent. This case illustrates that state actors are well-placed in this region's trans-boundary platforms to initiate the transfer of policy innovations to neighboring governments, which prompts the formulation of cooperative projects. Nonetheless, this paper also cautions that effective cross-border collaboration is still largely dependent upon the contextual framework of the authoritarian governance regime whereby the interactions between policymakers and implementers are fundamentally shaped by institutional design and incentives.
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跨境环境管理中政策创业的制度障碍与机遇:以中国大珠三角地区为例
在20世纪90年代,空气污染在中国的政策议程上被放在非常低的位置。香港毗邻珠江三角洲南部,因此越来越关注邻近地区快速发展所造成的污染。本文对2005年实施的跨界空气质量监测网络进行了解释性研究,该网络在许多方面被认为是该地区环境合作的突破。经验证据显示,一名香港官员的不懈努力最终促使广东省政府和香港政府采取了一系列合作措施,以改善区域空气质量,包括2005年建立珠江三角洲区域空气质量监测网络。基于“政策企业家”的概念,本研究发现,政策企业家的政治地位赋予了他直接接触正式跨境机构的机会,从而使他能够与大陆同行建立密切的专业关系,并使他能够成为转移代理人。这一案例表明,国家行为体在该地区的跨境平台上处于有利地位,可以启动政策创新向邻国政府的转移,从而促进合作项目的制定。尽管如此,本文也警告说,有效的跨境合作仍然在很大程度上依赖于威权治理制度的背景框架,政策制定者和实施者之间的互动从根本上是由制度设计和激励决定的。
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期刊介绍: Asian Geographer disseminates knowledge about geographical problems and issues focusing on Asia and the Pacific Rim. Papers dealing with other regions should have a linkage to Asia and the Pacific Rim. Original and timely articles dealing with any field of physical or human geographical inquiries and methodologies will be considered for publication. We welcome, for example, submissions on people-environment interactions, urban and regional development, transport and large infrastructure, migration, natural disasters and their management, environment and energy issues. While the focus of the journal is placed on original research articles, review papers as well as viewpoints and research notes under the category of “Asian Geography in Brief” are also considered. Review papers should critically and constructively analyse the current state of understanding on geographical and planning topics in Asia. The ‘Asian Geography in Brief’ section welcomes submissions of applied geographical and planning research about Asia. The section aims to showcase (1) the diverse geography and planning of Asia; and (2) the diverse geographical and planning research about Asia. The journal will also publish special issues on particular themes or areas. Book reviews can be included from time to time.
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