Environmental Policy Simulation and Assessment under Rapid Urbanization: Case Study of Essential Area Policy in Shenzhen, China

The environmental policy and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are two notions of high importance for enterprises and nations. Numerous pages have been written about the environmental policy of companies in their CSR reports. Whether it concerns to raise environmental awareness among their employees or local communities or to give in detail their environmental footprint at the end of the story it is about giving proofs of their environmental policy. Climate change is among the topics of CSR reports and is under examination in this paper. A case study analysis will be applied in order to present how climate change is interpreted in the CSR reports of Greek companies from the petroleum refining industry.

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Analysis of Linkages between Environmental Policy Instruments and Innovation: A Case Study of End-of-Life Vehicles Technologies in Japan

Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.5539/jsd.v9n2p181 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 181 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rajeev Kumar Singh ◽

Helmut Yabar ◽

Rie Murakami-Suzuki ◽

Noriko Nozaki ◽

Randeep Rakwal

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

End Of Life ◽

Environmental Regulations ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Control Policy ◽

Before And After ◽

Exogenous Factors ◽

And Control ◽

The Impact

<p>Environmental policies are designed to deal with externalities either by internalizing environmental costs or imposing specific standards for environmental pollution. This study aims to examine the impact of environmental regulations related to End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) on innovation in Japan. We determined whether there is any statistical difference in patent activity comparing the periods before and after the regulations were enacted. In order to control for exogenous factors such as business cycles, we also analyzed the ratios of ELV and total environmental patents during the same periods. Results showed that environmental regulations drive innovations and the number of ELV-related patents were larger even after controlling for such exogenous factors. We concluded that environmental policy for ELV in Japan was effective in inducing innovation. However, we also found that the weakness in these types of command and control policy is the lack of incentives for further innovation.</p>

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Partnering with nondefense stakeholders to improve environmental policy and explosives safety standards for munitions—A case study

Federal Facilities Environmental Journal ◽

10.1002/ffej.3330100305 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 37-51

Author(s):

Kenneth A. Cornelius ◽

Markus G. Puder ◽

Ed Sims ◽

Dan McFerrin

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

Safety Standards

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The Transportation – Production Tradeoff in the Regional Environmental Impact of Industrial Systems: A Case Study in the Paper Sector

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a31184 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 817-832 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Francis M Vanek

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Environmental Policy ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Distribution System ◽

Raw Material ◽

Commodity Flow ◽

Industrial Systems ◽

Central United States ◽

Product Manufacturing

The author presents a methodology which is used first to model a product-manufacturing-and-distribution system, and then to predict the resulting changes in environmental impact from changes either in taxation or in costs of inputs. A case study of the paper sector in the eastern and central United States is developed, derived from the 1993 US Commodity Flow Survey. From an analysis of five scenarios, two central findings arise: (1) the model is found to be unresponsive to even large changes in transport taxation, so an environmental policy which considers both transportation and production aspects at the same time is favored, and (2) fluctuations in raw-material costs can have an influence on environmental impact as great as or greater than that of changes in taxation levels.

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Selection of adequate environmental policy tools—case study of production company

Production Management and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1201/b19259-21 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 107-112

Author(s):

J Chovancová ◽

J Čorba ◽

M Tomčíková

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

Policy Tools ◽

Production Company ◽

Selection Of

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Community engagement in developing urban design guidance for heritage sites: The case of Bursa, Turkey

Urbani izziv ◽

10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-02-001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (30) ◽

pp. 70-84

Author(s):

Sibel Polat ◽

H. Özge Tümer Yıldız

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Urban Design ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Guidance System ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Site ◽

Design Guidance

In recent years, central and local governments have carried out studies to establish a legal administrative infrastructure for urban design and to develop urban design guidance to preserve the identity of historic cities under the pressure of rapid urbanization in Turkey. The main aim of this article is to explain how we implemented a participatory urban design guidance (PUrDeG) model for cultural heritage sites, which was developed as part of a research project. We explain how we used various techniques to engage various actors in preparing urban design guidelines for a cultural heritage site. In addition, the article discusses the importance of community engagement techniques and processes in developing urban design guidance, and the context of guidelines for sustainable conservation of cultural heritage sites with examples from the United Kingdom and Turkey. It then presents a case study conducted in the Hanlar District, a Unesco world heritage site in Bursa, Turkey. The case study includes research on planning decisions, site analysis, a survey of urban residents, in depth interviews with local artisans, and an urban design workshop with various actors. The main outcomes of this study include a presentation of how to use various community engagement techniques to prepare urban design guidelines for cultural heritage sites in Turkey, an urban design guidance system for Bursa, and a list of recommendations related to urban design guidelines for the Hanlar District and Bursa in the light of UK experience.

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ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF URBAN HOUSING (A CASE STUDY OF OWERRI MUNICIPALITY, IMO STATE)

EPRA International Journal of Research & Development (IJRD) ◽

10.36713/epra7310 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 441-450

Author(s):

Nwabueze, O.p.O ◽

Onwuka, E.O ◽

Uzomba, N.I ◽

Ekeh, C.U.N ◽

Akuesi, C.U

Keyword(s):

Urban Growth ◽

Housing Stock ◽

Urban Housing ◽

High Rate ◽

Population Increase ◽

Residential Housing ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Field Surveys ◽

New Settlements

The high rate of migration, coupled with population increase triggered rapid urbanization. However, a great proportion of the population still lives in substandard and low quality houses in a deplorable unsanitary residential environment particularly in developing countries. Urban and Economic growth have brought about all typical problems associated with rapid urban development resulting in housing shortage both quantitative and qualitative, slums, illegal settlement and squatting as experienced in owerri municipality. These have resulted into many urban and housing problems within the state capital owerri. This study examined the nature of urban growth and housing problems in owerri municipality. Also it tries to examine residential housing stock, identity the nature of housing problems, government policies and programmes in other to address the problems. The pattern of growth was determined using spatial analysis, and the housing problems were identified through questionnaire and field surveys. Findings revealed that the growth of urban housing in owerri municipality increases by 1034.0 hectare which is equivalent to 38.5% which is in line with Maurice (2004). It was also discovered that over a period of time, new settlements have evolved. Also, the construction and expansion of road networks are evidences of urban growth in owerri municipality. KEYWORDS: Development, Urban growth, Housing problems, population, owerri municipality.

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Entre la descentralización y la desconcentración de la gestión ambiental: alcances y límites en la actuación de consejos municipales de medio ambiente en el Semiárido Nordestino

Revista Eletrônica em Gestão Educação e Tecnologia Ambiental ◽

10.5902/2236117030452 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Wagner José de Aguiar ◽

Ricardo Augusto Pessoa Braga

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Environmental Policy ◽

Critical Evaluation ◽

Institutional Capacity ◽

Federal Constitution ◽

Bibliographical Survey ◽

Administrative Decentralization ◽

Semi Arid ◽

Analytical Reference

The Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 had an important role in the induction of political-administrative decentralization as in the elevation of municipalities as a federated entity. In environmental policy, these results have been expressed through the dissemination of municipal environmental councils. In the Northeast of Brazil, a region that has the fewest municipalities with established environmental councils and researches focused on their dynamics, new collegiate instances have been created, without a critical evaluation, among other factors, of the institutional capacity of small municipalities. In this sense, this article discusses the reaches and the limits identificated in the perfomance of municipal councils of environment in the Northeastern Semiarid, taking as an analytical reference the logics of the decentralization and the desconcentration. Through a bibliographical survey and a case study carried out in the semi-arid municipalities of Pernambuco, it is possible to identify reaches but, above all, limits that hinder the deliberative autonomy of the councils, even in large and economically dynamic municipalities. New studies are suggested, considering the pioneering and new environmental councils, especially in the northeastern states that exhibit the lowest levels of environmental management instruments implemented.

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