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Christopher M. Weible; Jill Yordy; Tanya Heikkila; Hongtao Yi; Ramiro Berardo; Jennifer Kagan; Catherine Chen. Portraying the Structure and Evolution of Polycentricity via Policymaking Venues. International Journal of the Commons 2020, 14, 680 -691.
AMA StyleChristopher M. Weible, Jill Yordy, Tanya Heikkila, Hongtao Yi, Ramiro Berardo, Jennifer Kagan, Catherine Chen. Portraying the Structure and Evolution of Polycentricity via Policymaking Venues. International Journal of the Commons. 2020; 14 (1):680-691.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChristopher M. Weible; Jill Yordy; Tanya Heikkila; Hongtao Yi; Ramiro Berardo; Jennifer Kagan; Catherine Chen. 2020. "Portraying the Structure and Evolution of Polycentricity via Policymaking Venues." International Journal of the Commons 14, no. 1: 680-691.
Recycling solid waste not only produces environmental and health benefits, but also generates economic benefit. This paper empirically evaluates the employment impact of Florida county recycling programs from 2000 through 2011, applying a fixed effects regression model. The results indicate that a one percentage point increase of county recycling rate leads to a 0.4% job growth in overall solid waste and recycling industry. However, the impact of recycling programs on green jobs are not uniform across the recycling subsectors: the effect is concentrated in the recycling processing sector while the solid waste collection sector and scrap materials businesses are unlikely to be influenced by county’s recycling performance.
Yuan Liu; Sunjoo Park; Hongtao Yi; Richard Feiock. Evaluating the employment impact of recycling performance in Florida. Waste Management 2019, 101, 283 -290.
AMA StyleYuan Liu, Sunjoo Park, Hongtao Yi, Richard Feiock. Evaluating the employment impact of recycling performance in Florida. Waste Management. 2019; 101 ():283-290.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuan Liu; Sunjoo Park; Hongtao Yi; Richard Feiock. 2019. "Evaluating the employment impact of recycling performance in Florida." Waste Management 101, no. : 283-290.
In the context of multilevel governance, collaboration among governmental and non-governmental entities across different levels of government is increasingly popular in China’s environmental governance. Policy actors are engaged in two types of collaboration with other local governments: horizontal and vertical collaboration. Policy actors participate in horizontal collaboration when they work with entities at the same level, and in vertical collaboration when working with governments at different levels. This study examines multilevel environmental governance in China by studying how the decisions of policy actors to participate in local water governance networks are influenced by vertical pressures from higher level government and horizontal influences from other policy actors at the same level. We approach the research questions in the empirical context of local water governance in Dongguan city of Guangdong Province. With survey data collected from 31 municipal departments, 32 town governments, nine water-related private businesses and five NGOs, we tested the hypotheses with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regressions. The results indicate that vertical pressure and horizontal brokerage are both drivers for participation in the local water governance network.
Hongtao Yi; Chen Huang; Tao Chen; Xiaolin Xu; Weixing Liu. Multilevel Environmental Governance: Vertical and Horizontal Influences in Local Policy Networks. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2390 .
AMA StyleHongtao Yi, Chen Huang, Tao Chen, Xiaolin Xu, Weixing Liu. Multilevel Environmental Governance: Vertical and Horizontal Influences in Local Policy Networks. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (8):2390.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHongtao Yi; Chen Huang; Tao Chen; Xiaolin Xu; Weixing Liu. 2019. "Multilevel Environmental Governance: Vertical and Horizontal Influences in Local Policy Networks." Sustainability 11, no. 8: 2390.
Administrative fragmentation among government agencies has posed a significant challenge to environmental governance. However, few studies have theoretically examined and empirically measured how local governments in China address this with collaborative approaches. Informed by the ecology of games framework (EGF), this paper examined the status of inter-agency water governance in Dongguan City: the pilot city of aquatic ecologically friendly city of China. The research question we seek to address is: What are the main characteristics of the water governance network in local China? With empirical data collected via survey questionnaires and semi-structured in-depth interviews following the EGF, we find that local agencies have realized the need for cooperation in water resource management. However, they were not substantially familiar with each other in the local policy network, failing to reach their full potential in collaboration. Social network analysis was used to analyze the collaborative network. We found that the network has a weak to moderate density, allowing for collective action problems and leading to insufficient cooperative governance. The network has presented central actors with strong bridging capital to control information and resource flows. We also find strong bonding capital among some policy actors as shown in high reciprocity, clustering coefficient and transitivity. To strengthen the effectiveness of local water governance, efforts should be made to establish a functional department and extend the boundary of collaborative network.
Chen Huang; Tao Chen; Hongtao Yi; Xiaolin Xu; Shiying Chen; Wenna Chen. Collaborative Environmental Governance, Inter-Agency Cooperation and Local Water Sustainability in China. Sustainability 2017, 9, 2305 .
AMA StyleChen Huang, Tao Chen, Hongtao Yi, Xiaolin Xu, Shiying Chen, Wenna Chen. Collaborative Environmental Governance, Inter-Agency Cooperation and Local Water Sustainability in China. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (12):2305.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen Huang; Tao Chen; Hongtao Yi; Xiaolin Xu; Shiying Chen; Wenna Chen. 2017. "Collaborative Environmental Governance, Inter-Agency Cooperation and Local Water Sustainability in China." Sustainability 9, no. 12: 2305.
China meets increasingly serious solid waste problems and has adopted various policies in response in recent years. Meanwhile, few studies have investigated the performance of solid waste disposal through statistical analysis with empirical data. This study examines provincial resource use policy’s influence on the comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste in Chinese cities. Through comparing results for statistical analysis in the year 2009 and 2015 by multiple linear regression analysis, this study analyzes similarities and differences in the drivers for solid waste disposal in the era of the 11th Five-Year Plan and the 12th Five-Year Plan in China. It finds that the adoption of resource use policy positively increases the comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste. Other factors such as industrial SO2 emission, local environmental regulations, GDP per capita, population density and educational level also affect industrial solid waste disposal. Therefore, China should continue implementing solid waste disposal policies, upgrade current industrial systems, push forward economic and social reform and increase environmental education to enhance the effectiveness of solid waste disposal for long-term sustainable development.
Boya Zhou; Chunxia Sun; Hongtao Yi. Solid Waste Disposal in Chinese Cities: An Evaluation of Local Performance. Sustainability 2017, 9, 2234 .
AMA StyleBoya Zhou, Chunxia Sun, Hongtao Yi. Solid Waste Disposal in Chinese Cities: An Evaluation of Local Performance. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (12):2234.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBoya Zhou; Chunxia Sun; Hongtao Yi. 2017. "Solid Waste Disposal in Chinese Cities: An Evaluation of Local Performance." Sustainability 9, no. 12: 2234.
Over the past decade, cities have emerged as leaders in sustainability and climate protection in the United States. ICLEI, a voluntary network of local governments, played an important role driving this trend. After years of steady growth, ICLEI became a target of political opposition and its membership dropped significantly from 2010 to 2012. This begs the question of whether cities’ termination of their ICLEI affiliation diminishes their implementation of sustainability actions. Two surveys administered in 2010 and 2014 provide data on cities’ implementation of an array of sustainability actions. Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) method, the impact of ICLEI termination on local governments’ administrative and policy commitments to sustainability is assessed. The results suggest that ending ICLEI membership does not significantly impact local sustainability actions, and also indicate that the durability of policy actions may be only loosely linked to the policies that justify them.
Hongtao Yi; Rachel M. Krause; Richard Feiock. Back-pedaling or continuing quietly? Assessing the impact of ICLEI membership termination on cities’ sustainability actions. Environmental Politics 2016, 26, 138 -160.
AMA StyleHongtao Yi, Rachel M. Krause, Richard Feiock. Back-pedaling or continuing quietly? Assessing the impact of ICLEI membership termination on cities’ sustainability actions. Environmental Politics. 2016; 26 (1):138-160.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHongtao Yi; Rachel M. Krause; Richard Feiock. 2016. "Back-pedaling or continuing quietly? Assessing the impact of ICLEI membership termination on cities’ sustainability actions." Environmental Politics 26, no. 1: 138-160.
It is a critical question for environmental governance to examine whether the administrative award and punishment measures are effective in promoting environmental governance performance. Choosing the implementation of a mandatory target system (MTS) as the subject, this paper employs a fixed-effect panel data model and regression discontinuity design to test whether the MTS has improved the environmental governance performance of local governments in China. The results of this research demonstrate that the MTS has a positive effect on environmental performance, however the regression discontinuity design illustrates that the reward and punishment measures in the MTS have no significant effects on the provincial environmental performance. The results of this research provide a reasonable explanation to the existing gaps among the studies on the effectiveness of the MTS. This study has profound policy implications for the design and implementation of the environmental governance system in China.
Xiao Tang; Zhengwen Liu; Hongtao Yi. Mandatory Targets and Environmental Performance: An Analysis Based on Regression Discontinuity Design. Sustainability 2016, 8, 931 .
AMA StyleXiao Tang, Zhengwen Liu, Hongtao Yi. Mandatory Targets and Environmental Performance: An Analysis Based on Regression Discontinuity Design. Sustainability. 2016; 8 (9):931.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiao Tang; Zhengwen Liu; Hongtao Yi. 2016. "Mandatory Targets and Environmental Performance: An Analysis Based on Regression Discontinuity Design." Sustainability 8, no. 9: 931.
Wind energy has become a fast growing industry in China in the last decade. The development of the wind energy industry presents interesting policy questions. In the context of China, in additional to national energy policies, provincial policies were designed and implemented to stimulate the growth of wind power. This paper examines factors, especially provincial wind energy policies, in driving the growth of wind power capacity in the Chinese provinces. Statistical analysis with a longitudinal data set for wind power capacity in Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2012 reveals that the adoption of wind energy policies and a general energy plan at the provincial level are having positive effects on the growth of wind capacity in Chinese provinces.
Xiaogang Zhang; Dong Wang; Yuanhao Liu; Hongtao Yi. Wind Power Development in China: An Assessment of Provincial Policies. Sustainability 2016, 8, 734 .
AMA StyleXiaogang Zhang, Dong Wang, Yuanhao Liu, Hongtao Yi. Wind Power Development in China: An Assessment of Provincial Policies. Sustainability. 2016; 8 (8):734.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiaogang Zhang; Dong Wang; Yuanhao Liu; Hongtao Yi. 2016. "Wind Power Development in China: An Assessment of Provincial Policies." Sustainability 8, no. 8: 734.
In recent years, many areas of China have suffered from serious haze pollution, which greatly affects human health and daily life. It is of policy importance to understand the factors that influence the spatial concentration of PM2.5. Based on data from 74 cities with PM2.5 monitoring stations in 2013 and 2014, this study presents the overall haze situation in China and explores the determinants of PM2.5 using a random-effects model, as well as a set of OLS regressions. The results indicate that PM2.5 is significantly correlated with the industrial proportion, the number of motor vehicles, and household gas consumption, while public financial expenditure on energy saving and environmental protection does not show statistically significant effects. The analysis implies that China should adjust its economic structure and optimizes environmental governance to effectively respond to haze pollution.
Jiannan Wu; Pan Zhang; Hongtao Yi; Zhao Qin. What Causes Haze Pollution? An Empirical Study of PM2.5 Concentrations in Chinese Cities. Sustainability 2016, 8, 132 .
AMA StyleJiannan Wu, Pan Zhang, Hongtao Yi, Zhao Qin. What Causes Haze Pollution? An Empirical Study of PM2.5 Concentrations in Chinese Cities. Sustainability. 2016; 8 (2):132.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiannan Wu; Pan Zhang; Hongtao Yi; Zhao Qin. 2016. "What Causes Haze Pollution? An Empirical Study of PM2.5 Concentrations in Chinese Cities." Sustainability 8, no. 2: 132.
Measuring and tracking the numbers of jobs in solid waste management and recycling industries over time provide basic data to inform decision makers about the important role played by this sector in a state or region’s ‘green economy’. This study estimates the number of people employed in the solid waste and recycling industry from 1989 through 2011 in the state of Florida (USA), applying a classification scheme based on the Standard Industrial Code (SIC) and utilizing the National Establishment Time Series (NETS) database. The results indicate that solid waste and recycling jobs in the private sector steadily increased from 1989 to 2011, whereas government employment for solid waste management fluctuated over the same period.
Sunjoo Park; Hongtao Yi; Richard Feiock. Quantifying solid waste and recycling employment in Florida, USA: Trends in public and private sectors. Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 2015, 33, 1127 -1131.
AMA StyleSunjoo Park, Hongtao Yi, Richard Feiock. Quantifying solid waste and recycling employment in Florida, USA: Trends in public and private sectors. Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. 2015; 33 (12):1127-1131.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSunjoo Park; Hongtao Yi; Richard Feiock. 2015. "Quantifying solid waste and recycling employment in Florida, USA: Trends in public and private sectors." Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 33, no. 12: 1127-1131.