CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Cheong, Natalie Xing Ern |
|---|---|
| Title | Evaluating the Role of Information Disclosure for Environmental Governance in China |
| Summary | The outcome of China’s Open Environmental Information measure (2008) is evaluated using a new methodological framework developed for the context of this research. This framework combines three concepts and evaluation tools related to transparency and policy, to form a framework that improves the structure and comprehensiveness of evaluation to analyse transparency interventions. The resultant findings show multiple points of weakness in using transparency as a tool for traditional environmental governance in China, as weaknesses within the system are re-embedded. Despite this, alternative pathways have emerged from this to enact genuine changes in enterprise behavior. Central to these pathways are nongovernmental actors. These contextual findings provide adequate context for the second stage of the research, which aimed to evaluate the extent to which a Pollution Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) that is being trialed in Tianjin, China, can contribute to the Open Environmental Information measures. Findings show that a PRTR can contribute to the existing context via increasing the scope and quantity of pollutants reported. A key weakness the pilot-PRTR continues to entrench however, is the poor verifiability of data accuracy. |
| Supervisor | Pinter Laszlo |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/cheong_natalie.pdf |
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