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China's low-carbon city initiatives: The implementation gap and the limits of the target responsibility system.
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Habitat International . Apr2014, Vol. 42, p236-244. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Abstract: The Chinese government has promulgated a wide variety of low-carbon initiatives to control the rapid growth of energy consumption and carbon emissions in the cities. Past records, however, show that the central government's policies are often poorly implemented or distorted by local officials. Using a case study from the city of Changchun, this paper examines how and why the issue of poor implementation persists despite the establishment of the Energy Conservation Target Responsibility System (ECTRS). As a key institutional mechanism providing local officials with political incentives to implement low-carbon policies, the ECTRS has been constrained by a number of problems, including a poorly designed scoring system, weak targets, the use of energy intensity instead of absolute energy consumption as a policy objective, and the lack of reliable local energy statistics. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *CITIES & towns
*CARBON
*GOVERNMENT policy
*ENERGY consumption
*ENERGY conservation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01973975
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Habitat International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94691840
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.01.007