scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Ecological Civilization Construction in China

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Mei Gai ◽  
Xiuqi Wang ◽  
Changli Qi
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Ecological Civilization ◽  
Regional Coordination ◽  
Evolution Characteristics ◽  
Differentiation Pattern ◽  
Threshold Regression Model

The construction of an ecological civilization is a strategic idea proposed based on the conditions of different countries and the laws governing social development. It is a new way to promote harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. Therefore, exploring the evolution characteristics and influence of ecological civilization in China is helpful for the country’s future development. This study uses the pentagon model, panel threshold regression model, and spatial analysis tool to explore the law of space-time differentiation and analyze regional coordination and ecological civilization construction in 31 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions in China from 2000 to 2018. During the study period, the construction of ecological civilization in China generally fluctuated; the spatial differentiation pattern of the eastern region was more developed than that of the central region, which was more developed than that of the western region. The regional coordination degree decreased in the order of east >central >northeast >west, and the degree of coordination in provinces and cities gradually shifted and finally accumulated to be reflected in the economy and environment in 2018. The most important factor affecting the development of ecological civilization was determined to be scientific research, followed by air quality and government information disclosure.

scholarly journals INTEGRATED REPORTING DISCLOSURE, BUSINESS COMPLEXITY AND FIRM VALUE

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Seful Komar ◽  
Nurmala Ahmar ◽  
Dwi Prastowo Darminto
Keyword(s):  
Firm Value ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Business Complexity

This study empirically investigates the effect of disclosure elements of integrated reporting on firm value. Business complexity is used as a moderating variable in the effect of integrated reporting on firm value. A total of 189 samples of manufacturing companies registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015-2017 met the criteria using the purposive sampling method. A multiple linear regression analysis using SEM-PLS program is employed as a data analysis tool. The results showed that integrated reporting has significant effect on firm value. Business complexity moderates the relationship of disclosure integrated reporting to firm value. The better quality of information disclosure from element of integrated reporting increases investor confidence thereby increasing firm value.

scholarly journals Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Spatial Differentiation of Urban Black and Odorous Waters in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guolei Chen ◽  
Jing Luo ◽  
Chunyan Zhang ◽  
Liang Jiang ◽  
Lingling Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Urban Pollution ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Joint Control ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Gradient Distribution

The pollution problem caused by urban black and odorous waters has received much attention from the Chinese government. Our research aims at systematically identifying the characteristics and the influential factors of spatial differentiation of urban black and odorous waters across China. The research, based on the data of black and odorous waters from 2100 Chinese cities, was conducted with the spatial analysis tool of ArcGIS. We found that the amount of Chinese urban black and odorous waters varied in spatial distribution, which was an agglomerated type with significant agglomeration. The kernel density was characterized by independent single kernel centers with ribbon-like and sporadic distributions of subcenters. The cold and hot spots showed a gradient distribution pattern of cold in the southwest and hot in the central east. These spatial distribution characteristics could be attributed to the following core factors, total wastewater discharge, length of urban drainage pipelines, municipal solid waste collection, daily urban sewage treatment capacity, and investment in urban pollution treatment of wastewater. The findings reveal the current geospatial distribution of black and odorous waters pollution and provide reference for the Chinese government to treat the pollution from several key points. Lastly, it is suggested that the Chinese government should establish joint control, joint prevention, and joint treatment mechanisms in the black and odorous waters areas and improve the safety standards of the whole water environment, so as to promote the treatment and elimination of urban black and odorous waters.

Can an Open Access Approach be the Solution to Better Implementation of the Right to Information Act in Bangladesh?

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-68
Author(s):  
Harold Sougato Baroi ◽  
Shawkat Alam ◽  
Carlos Bernal
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Government Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Implementation Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right

Legal implementation has always been a challenge in Bangladesh. The Right to Information Act 2009 (the RTI Act) was introduced in Bangladesh with the objective of ensuring people’s access to government information for improving accountability and empowering people to participate in decisions that shape the social, economic, and political aspects of their lives. However, this article suggests that there has been no significant improvement in accessing government information despite the enactment and the strategies for the implementation of the RTI Act. Most citizens are unaware of their legal entitlements to seek and receive information. Only a small number of applications have been registered with public offices since the RTI Act was introduced in 2009. The article argues that one of the main reasons behind the lack of improvement is that the chosen implementation approach fails to engage the public to exercise their right to access information related to government services. This article claims that a proactive and deliberative approach to information disclosure is a much better alternative to the current scheme for implementing the RTI Act.

scholarly journals Temporal-Spatial Differentiation and Optimization Analysis of Cultivated Land Green Utilization Efficiency in China

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianru Chen ◽  
Hualin Xie
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Land Utilization ◽  
Extension System

Cultivated land is closely related to national food security, rural economic development and social stability. The cultivated land pollution and carbon emissions caused by chemical fertilizers, pesticides, film residues, etc., in the process of cultivated land utilization pose a serious threat to the cultivated land ecosystem in China. The comprehensive analysis on the cultivated land green utilization efficiency (GUECL), its influencing factors, and optimization direction provides a valuable basis for the green utilization of cultivated land. Based on a panel data of 30 provinces (cities or districts) in China from 2001 to 2016, the GUECL in China under the constraints of pollution and carbon emissions was measured by using a super-efficient SBM-VRS (slack based model-variable return to scale) model. The influencing factors and optimization directions of the GUECL were analyzed through the Tobit model and slack values, respectively. The results show that the GUECL in China rose with fluctuations from 2001 to 2016. Since 2014, the eastern region has surpassed the western region and has become the region with the highest mean GUECL value. The room for resource conservation and pollution reduction varies in different regions of China. Farmers’ dependence on cultivated land and agricultural added value are positively related to the GUECL in China. Farmers’ occupational differentiation, agricultural machinery density, and agricultural disaster rate have had negative effects on the GUECL in China. The loss of the GUECL in China is mainly due to the redundancies of land input, pollution emission, and mechanical input. By analyzing these influencing factors and optimization directions, it is concluded that improving rural land transfer market and agricultural infrastructure construction, establishing a new agricultural technology extension system, and vigorously cultivating new professional farmers are the targeted measures to improve the GUECL.

Self-Motivated versus Forced Disclosure of Environmental Information in China: A Comparative Case Study of the Pilot Disclosure Programmes

2011 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 331-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanxin Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Information Transparency ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
Environmental Information Disclosure

AbstractChina promulgated the Open Government Information Decree and Measures of Environmental Information Disclosure (Trial) in 2007, but the Pollution Information Transparency Index revealed the poor implementation of disclosing environmental information in 113 cities in 2008. Adopting a comparative case study approach, this article uses a combination of the “cultural roots” and “webs of dialogue” analytical frameworks to analyse the pilot environmental information disclosure programmes in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, and Hohhot, Inner Mongolia from 1999 to 2000. It finds that when the programme was top-down, the commitment, perception and resources of leadership determined its success and nondisclosure did not receive any public attention. However, when environmental NGOs are actively engaged, pressure can be from the bottom up, webs of dialogue can be established, and the public can be empowered to seek and use environmental information actively in development decision-making and redressing pollution harms.

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