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Asia Institute/School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia

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Published: 13 July 2021 in Asia Pacific Viewpoint
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This article applies the pluralistic concept of environmental justice to the issue of park accessibility between people across different socioeconomic strata in the metropolitan region of Shanghai. Data were obtained from China's 2000 and 2010 population census, Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Administrative Bureau, semi-structured interviews and secondary sources. The article finds significant environmental injustice between foreign citizens and Chinese citizens (including people from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and mainland people with and without Shanghai hukou) and between blue collar, white collar and wealthy white collar people from distributive, recognition, participatory and procedural justice perspectives. The article then discusses why such injustice is the result of urban China's unique authoritarian mode of governance, power structure, neoliberal practice and globalisation development. The findings offer insights into the development of the concept of environmental justice in the Chinese context and the country's objective to build an impartial society.

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Chunlan Wang; Chen Li; Mark Wang; Shangguang Yang; Luyao Wang. Environmental justice and park accessibility in urban China: Evidence from Shanghai. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 2021, 1 .

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Chunlan Wang, Chen Li, Mark Wang, Shangguang Yang, Luyao Wang. Environmental justice and park accessibility in urban China: Evidence from Shanghai. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 2021; ():1.

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Chunlan Wang; Chen Li; Mark Wang; Shangguang Yang; Luyao Wang. 2021. "Environmental justice and park accessibility in urban China: Evidence from Shanghai." Asia Pacific Viewpoint , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 27 May 2021 in Sustainability
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High-performance work systems are being increasingly used in organisational management. However, such system development over time has resulted in increasingly complex impacts on employee innovation behaviour. How to stimulate innovation in the technological talent pool of individuals at high-tech enterprises has gradually become a research hotspot. Based on an effective sample of 351 technological individuals from high-tech enterprises in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces, this paper discusses the mechanism and boundary conditions of a high-performance work system affecting the active innovation behaviour of such individuals based on self-determination theory. The empirical results show the following: (1) Informational practices and controlled practices in a high-performance work system have mutually exclusive effects on active innovation behaviour, with significant positive and negative effects. (2) The need for autonomy and competence play mediating roles between informational practices and active innovation behaviour; the need for autonomy plays a masking effect between controlled practices and active innovation behaviour. (3) The need for relatedness negatively moderates the effects of a high-performance work system which is focused on the needs for autonomy and competence. The findings reveal the internal mechanism and boundary conditions of high-performance work system influencing active innovation behaviour, which provides a reference for high-tech enterprises to encourage technical talents to innovate, and have important practical significance for improving the core competitiveness of high-tech enterprises.

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Chuanhao Fan; Mingyue Hu; Ziheng Shangguan; Chunlan Ye; Shuting Yan; Mark Wang. The Drivers of Employees’ Active Innovative Behaviour in Chinese High-Tech Enterprises. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6032 .

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Chuanhao Fan, Mingyue Hu, Ziheng Shangguan, Chunlan Ye, Shuting Yan, Mark Wang. The Drivers of Employees’ Active Innovative Behaviour in Chinese High-Tech Enterprises. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6032.

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Chuanhao Fan; Mingyue Hu; Ziheng Shangguan; Chunlan Ye; Shuting Yan; Mark Wang. 2021. "The Drivers of Employees’ Active Innovative Behaviour in Chinese High-Tech Enterprises." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6032.

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Published: 13 April 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Background: While Chinese cities are pursuing economic development, meeting citizen demand for medical treatment has only gradually been put on the agenda. Theoretically, in the second half of a person’s life, demand for medical treatment will rise sharply. Given limited medical resources, the match between demand and supply becomes more difficult. We conducted questionnaires in Shanghai to describe whether there are obvious group differences in the elderly population’s medical treatment options and provide empirical evidence on the determinants. Method: We collected 439 Shanghai Elderly Medical Demand Characteristics Questionnaires, which included five parts: personal information, health status, elderly person’s medical preference and expectation, satisfaction level for hospitals services, and medical insurance. We set up virtual explanatory variables according to the different medical behaviours of the elderly, and control variables composed of individual characteristics, socioeconomic characteristics, medical needs, medical resource availability, and medical expenditure. We used the MLR model to investigate medical treatment behaviour choice. Results: The medical treatment behaviour of the elderly population in Shanghai is affected by multiple factors. When experiencing physical discomfort, most of them choose to go to the hospital (64.69%). Age, income, household registration, and medical insurance reimbursement policy play a role in their decision-making. For general diseases, the proportion choosing specialist hospitals or community clinics is the highest (40.78%). Age, marital status, residential status, physical state, objective distance, medical expenses, and other factors have a significant impact. For severe diseases, they are more inclined (71.07%) to visit general hospitals, with the individual’s physical condition, living status, and accessibility to hospital resources more likely to affect their behaviour. Conclusion: Firstly, the importance of each factor varies depending on the conditions. Secondly, it may be more appropriate for China’s elderly health insurance system to set reimbursement rates based on the patient’s condition and disease type. Thirdly, medical behaviour has a distance friction effect, but the allocation of public service resources shows a strong centripetal concentration. It is necessary for the government to show due care about the regional distribution of the elderly population and to promote the rational distribution of medical resources in Shanghai.

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Shangguang Yang; Danyang Wang; Chen Li; Chunlan Wang; Mark Wang. Medical Treatment Behaviour of the Elderly Population in Shanghai: Group Features and Influencing Factor Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 4108 .

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Shangguang Yang, Danyang Wang, Chen Li, Chunlan Wang, Mark Wang. Medical Treatment Behaviour of the Elderly Population in Shanghai: Group Features and Influencing Factor Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (8):4108.

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Shangguang Yang; Danyang Wang; Chen Li; Chunlan Wang; Mark Wang. 2021. "Medical Treatment Behaviour of the Elderly Population in Shanghai: Group Features and Influencing Factor Analysis." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 8: 4108.

Journal article
Published: 06 February 2021 in Land
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Large reservoir projects typically occupy vast lots of rural land and trigger resettlement on a massive scale. In China’s reservoir context, increasing concerns have arisen regarding distant-resettlees (those who are resettled outside the reservoir area), while fewer studies have examined the nearby-resettlees (those who are resettled near the original area) and the non-movers (those who do not resettle). The significance of these two groups has been downplayed and their populations are in the millions (or more) in China. How and why they are impacted is under-researched and their relative position and intergroup nexus with the distant-resettlees remains unclear in the existing literature. To address this research gap, this paper incorporates the differences between nearby-resettlees and non-movers and collectively refers to them as the “stayers” as they are left behind in reservoir areas. Based on the background of reservoir-induced resettlement in present-day China, and a review of the project-induced impacts, we use Danjiangkou Reservoir as a case study. The findings indicate that the stayers are largely disadvantaged in terms of land assets, housing conditions, finance, infrastructure, industrialisation, livelihood strategies, and emotional impact, while many distant-resettlees are less affected or positively impacted in these aspects. Through the lens of the political nature of reservoir-induced resettlements, we interpret the gaps between the distant-resettlees and stayers. Finally, domestic and global policy implications and further comments are presented.

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Tianhe Jiang; Mark Wang; Yingnan Zhang; Guoqing Shi; Dengcai Yan. What about the “Stayers”? Examining China’s Resettlement Induced by Large Reservoir Projects. Land 2021, 10, 166 .

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Tianhe Jiang, Mark Wang, Yingnan Zhang, Guoqing Shi, Dengcai Yan. What about the “Stayers”? Examining China’s Resettlement Induced by Large Reservoir Projects. Land. 2021; 10 (2):166.

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Tianhe Jiang; Mark Wang; Yingnan Zhang; Guoqing Shi; Dengcai Yan. 2021. "What about the “Stayers”? Examining China’s Resettlement Induced by Large Reservoir Projects." Land 10, no. 2: 166.

Journal article
Published: 25 September 2020 in Water
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In order to alleviate the problem of water shortage, the Ministry of Water Resources of China proposed a Water-Saving Contract (WSC) project management model in 2014, which is similar to the Energy Performance Contract (EPC). In this context, this research aims to explore the applicability of China’s WSC projects by risk assessment, and to help promote WSC projects in China. Different from traditional risk assessment, this paper takes into account the uncertainty of the EPC project’s risks, and adopts the multielement connection degree set pair analysis to evaluate both the level and trend of the risks. The results show: (1) the overall risk of China’s WSC projects is low, so WSC projects are very suitable for promotion in China. However, the overall risk shows a trend of decelerated ascent, which shows that there are some potential high-risk factors in China’s WSC projects; (2) among the many risks of the WSC projects, audit risk, financing risk, and payment risk are at a high-risk level; market competition risk is at a medium-risk level; the remaining risks are at a low-risk level; (3) among the medium and high risks, audit risk, financing risk, and market competition risk have a trend of accelerated ascent, while payment risk has a trend of decelerated decline; in low risks, inflation risk has a trend of decelerated ascent, while the remaining risks have a trend of accelerated decline.

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Qian Li; Ziheng Shangguan; Mark Yaolin Wang; Dengcai Yan; Ruizhi Zhai; Chuanhao Wen. Risk Assessment of China’s Water-Saving Contract Projects. Water 2020, 12, 2689 .

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Qian Li, Ziheng Shangguan, Mark Yaolin Wang, Dengcai Yan, Ruizhi Zhai, Chuanhao Wen. Risk Assessment of China’s Water-Saving Contract Projects. Water. 2020; 12 (10):2689.

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Qian Li; Ziheng Shangguan; Mark Yaolin Wang; Dengcai Yan; Ruizhi Zhai; Chuanhao Wen. 2020. "Risk Assessment of China’s Water-Saving Contract Projects." Water 12, no. 10: 2689.

Journal article
Published: 11 September 2020 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Inter-basin water transfers are intended to have a positive impact on the development of a region, but are always accompanied by huge energy consumption. The feasibility and effectiveness of water transfer projects have not yet been clearly evaluated, especially in the light of their energy consumption and effects on social development. This paper develops a method that combines life cycle approach and system dynamic model to reveal the effectiveness of different water supply alternatives (transferred water, reclaimed wastewater and rainwater harvesting) when they are all constrained to consume equal energy. This approach is applied to the case of Jinan city in Shandong province, China, the main water-receiving city on the Eastern Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project (ER-SNWTP). The results show that in normal years, Jinan's reclaimed water and rainwater harvesting supply are effective replacements for transferred water under the constraints of equal energy consumption and capital costs; even in dry years these two alternatives still play an important role. The results of this study indicate the relative effectiveness of reclaimed water and rainwater harvesting in supplying urban water while conserving energy and capital.

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Yang Liu; Mark Wang; Michael Webber; Chengting Zhou; Wenjing Zhang. Alternative water supply solutions: China's South-to-North-water-diversion in Jinan. Journal of Environmental Management 2020, 276, 111337 .

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Yang Liu, Mark Wang, Michael Webber, Chengting Zhou, Wenjing Zhang. Alternative water supply solutions: China's South-to-North-water-diversion in Jinan. Journal of Environmental Management. 2020; 276 ():111337.

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Yang Liu; Mark Wang; Michael Webber; Chengting Zhou; Wenjing Zhang. 2020. "Alternative water supply solutions: China's South-to-North-water-diversion in Jinan." Journal of Environmental Management 276, no. : 111337.

Journal article
Published: 24 July 2020 in Habitat International
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A comprehensive understanding of the reasons for over-fertilisation is critical to agro-environment sustainability, especially for the fast-growing farming areas under urbanisation. Previous studies are more quantitatively biased and in most cases, merely focus on demographical, economic and political factors whilst excluding in-depth qualitative and holistic investigation. To address this gap, this paper attempts to construct a conceptual framework to investigate the hidden mechanism of chemical fertiliser overuse through an empirical study in the Dancheng county of China. Such a framework is based on Kollmuss and Agyeman (2002), and Blake's (1999) works, but incorporates demographical factors and external barriers for explaining the awareness-behaviour gap. Results indicate that environmental awareness is not necessarily related with chemical fertiliser overuse as the reasons for farmers' inappropriate behaviours are embedded within an intricate network of economic, social-cultural and policy-influenced factors incorporating labour and time constraints, risk-averse decisions, intergenerational division, farm size, attachment to instant gratification, land attachment, peer pressure, distortion of agricultural and land use policies, which has roots in the agricultural marginalisation and urban-rural dichotomy. Based on the results, policy recommendations are provided.

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Yingnan Zhang; Hualou Long; Mark Yaolin Wang; Yurui Li; Li Ma; Kunqiu Chen; Yuhan Zheng; Tianhe Jiang. The hidden mechanism of chemical fertiliser overuse in rural China. Habitat International 2020, 102, 102210 .

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Yingnan Zhang, Hualou Long, Mark Yaolin Wang, Yurui Li, Li Ma, Kunqiu Chen, Yuhan Zheng, Tianhe Jiang. The hidden mechanism of chemical fertiliser overuse in rural China. Habitat International. 2020; 102 ():102210.

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Yingnan Zhang; Hualou Long; Mark Yaolin Wang; Yurui Li; Li Ma; Kunqiu Chen; Yuhan Zheng; Tianhe Jiang. 2020. "The hidden mechanism of chemical fertiliser overuse in rural China." Habitat International 102, no. : 102210.

Research article
Published: 07 June 2020 in Urban Studies
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Based on an ongoing housing demolition and relocation project in Dalian, this article describes uncompromising nail households, who have resisted resettlement through intractable conflict and prolonged bargaining. Building upon a state–society approach, this article reveals a new relationship between state, society and governance in the institutional background of neoliberal urbanism in China. Uncompromising nail households within this transforming governance system are able to individually equip and maintain their resistance. The article identifies heterogeneous uncompromising nail households: ‘hard’, who maintain a firm stance throughout the bargaining process; and ‘hardened’, who increase resistance during the process of bargaining. These findings contribute to understanding of the reconfiguration of state–society relations, and demonstrate significant contradictions between the central and local states in the dynamics of change in neoliberal urbanism in China.

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Chen Li; Mark Yaolin Wang; Jennifer Day. Reconfiguration of state–society relations: The making of uncompromising nail households in urban housing demolition and relocation in Dalian, China. Urban Studies 2020, 58, 1581 -1597.

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Chen Li, Mark Yaolin Wang, Jennifer Day. Reconfiguration of state–society relations: The making of uncompromising nail households in urban housing demolition and relocation in Dalian, China. Urban Studies. 2020; 58 (8):1581-1597.

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Chen Li; Mark Yaolin Wang; Jennifer Day. 2020. "Reconfiguration of state–society relations: The making of uncompromising nail households in urban housing demolition and relocation in Dalian, China." Urban Studies 58, no. 8: 1581-1597.

Journal article
Published: 08 May 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Since the first known case of a COVID-19 infected patient in Wuhan, China on 8 December 2019, COVID-19 has spread to more than 200 countries, causing a worldwide public health crisis. The existing literature fails to examine what caused this sudden outbreak from a crisis management perspective. This article attempts to fill this research gap through analysis of big data, officially released information and other social media sources to understand the root cause of the crisis as it relates to China’s current management system and public health policy. The article draws the following conclusions: firstly, strict government control over information was the main reason for the early silencing of media announcements, which directly caused most people to be unprepared and unaware of COVID-19. Secondly, a choice between addressing a virus with an unknown magnitude and nature, and mitigating known public panic during a politically and culturally sensitive time, lead to falsehood and concealment. Thirdly, the weak autonomous management power of local public health management departments is not conducive for providing a timely response to the crisis. Finally, the privatization of many state-owned hospitals led to the unavailability of public health medical resources to serve affected patients in the Wuhan and Hubei Province. This article suggests that China should adopt a Singaporean-style public health crisis information management system to ensure information disclosure and information symmetry and should use it to monitor public health crises in real time. In addition, the central government should adopt the territorial administration model of a public health crisis and increase investment in public health in China.

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Ziheng Shangguan; Mark Yaolin Wang; Wen Sun. What Caused the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: From the Perspective of Crisis Management. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 3279 .

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Ziheng Shangguan, Mark Yaolin Wang, Wen Sun. What Caused the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: From the Perspective of Crisis Management. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (9):3279.

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Ziheng Shangguan; Mark Yaolin Wang; Wen Sun. 2020. "What Caused the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: From the Perspective of Crisis Management." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 9: 3279.

Journal article
Published: 25 December 2019 in Sustainability
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The “Yangtze River to Huaihe River” project is another large-scale trans-basin water diversion project in China, following the South-to-North Water Division Project. The reservoir project is in the period of China’s rapid development of modernization, informatization and marketization. During this period, reservoir-induced migrants have great differences in resource endowment and development opportunities, so they show different characteristics in the integration process. In order to clarify these characteristics and formulate corresponding policies based on these characteristics to help them integrate into the society of the resettlement area as soon as possible, this paper has completed two aspects of work: First, a method for identifying social integration is proposed. Second, the characteristics of social integration of different migrant groups in different time dimensions are analyzed. This study has two important findings: First, the extent of information sources and understanding of policies has a greater impact on the social integration of migrants. The wider the source of information and the more understanding of policies, the more it helps migrants to integrate into society. Second, the social network relationship established by the female migrant group in the maintenance activities will greatly promote their social integration.

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Ziheng Shangguan; Mark Yaolin Wang; Jianyuan Huang; Guoqing Shi; Liangliang Song; ZhongGen Sun. Study on Social Integration Identification and Characteristics of Migrants from “Yangtze River to Huaihe River” Project: A Time-Driven Perspective. Sustainability 2019, 12, 211 .

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Ziheng Shangguan, Mark Yaolin Wang, Jianyuan Huang, Guoqing Shi, Liangliang Song, ZhongGen Sun. Study on Social Integration Identification and Characteristics of Migrants from “Yangtze River to Huaihe River” Project: A Time-Driven Perspective. Sustainability. 2019; 12 (1):211.

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Ziheng Shangguan; Mark Yaolin Wang; Jianyuan Huang; Guoqing Shi; Liangliang Song; ZhongGen Sun. 2019. "Study on Social Integration Identification and Characteristics of Migrants from “Yangtze River to Huaihe River” Project: A Time-Driven Perspective." Sustainability 12, no. 1: 211.

Journal article
Published: 22 November 2019 in Geoforum
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State/market interactions in water governance have long been interpreted in terms of the contradiction between water as a commons and water as a commodity. Recent challenges to this dichotomisation claim that it cannot provide a useful lens through which to interpret the complexity of water resources and their management. This paper provides evidence from China to show that a dichotomous interpretation of state/market interactions has little power to explain the formulation and evolution of water governance regimes. Through an analysis of China’s water policy development over the 1998–2018 period, the paper outlines how state control and marketisation are complementary rather than contradictory, collectively contributing to a governance regime that serves broader political and economic goals as much as water management ones. We argue that better understanding of the roles of state and market in water governance requires moving beyond an ‘either-or’ point of departure, and paying greater attention to the ‘both-and’ hybridisation increasingly observed in water management.

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Min Jiang; Michael Webber; Jon Barnett; Sarah Rogers; Ian Rutherfurd; Mark Wang; Brian Finlayson. Beyond contradiction: The state and the market in contemporary Chinese water governance. Geoforum 2019, 108, 246 -254.

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Min Jiang, Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Sarah Rogers, Ian Rutherfurd, Mark Wang, Brian Finlayson. Beyond contradiction: The state and the market in contemporary Chinese water governance. Geoforum. 2019; 108 ():246-254.

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Min Jiang; Michael Webber; Jon Barnett; Sarah Rogers; Ian Rutherfurd; Mark Wang; Brian Finlayson. 2019. "Beyond contradiction: The state and the market in contemporary Chinese water governance." Geoforum 108, no. : 246-254.

Original article
Published: 23 October 2019 in Geographical Research
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China's South–North Water Transfer Project (SNWTP) is a vast and still expanding network of infrastructure and institutions that moves water from the Yangtze River and its tributaries to cities in North China. This article aims to assess the SNWTP's impacts by beginning to answer seven questions about the project: How is the management of the SNWTP evolving? What are the problems to be resolved when managing SNWTP water within jurisdictions? What are the status and management of water quality in the SNWTP? What are the consequences of resettlements caused by the SNWTP? How is increased water supply affecting regional development? Is the SNWTP achieving its stated environmental goals? What are the sustainability credentials of the SNWTP? Drawing on primary and secondary data, the article demonstrates both that the opportunities and burdens characterising the project are highly uneven and that management systems are evolving rapidly in an attempt to enforce strict water quality targets. Furthermore, while the SNWTP may be helping to resolve groundwater overexploitation in Beijing, it is highly energy intensive, raising questions about its sustainability. Our analysis highlights the need to continue to interrogate the socio‐economic, environmental, and political implications of such schemes long after they are officially completed.

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Sarah Rogers; Dan Chen; Hong Jiang; Ian Rutherfurd; Mark Wang; Michael Webber; Britt Crow‐Miller; Jon Barnett; Brian Finlayson; Min Jiang; Chenchen Shi; Wenjing Zhang. An integrated assessment of China's South—North Water Transfer Project. Geographical Research 2019, 58, 49 -63.

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Sarah Rogers, Dan Chen, Hong Jiang, Ian Rutherfurd, Mark Wang, Michael Webber, Britt Crow‐Miller, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Min Jiang, Chenchen Shi, Wenjing Zhang. An integrated assessment of China's South—North Water Transfer Project. Geographical Research. 2019; 58 (1):49-63.

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Sarah Rogers; Dan Chen; Hong Jiang; Ian Rutherfurd; Mark Wang; Michael Webber; Britt Crow‐Miller; Jon Barnett; Brian Finlayson; Min Jiang; Chenchen Shi; Wenjing Zhang. 2019. "An integrated assessment of China's South—North Water Transfer Project." Geographical Research 58, no. 1: 49-63.

Communication
Published: 19 October 2019 in Water
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Shanghai is experiencing drinking water supply problems that are caused by heavy pollution of its raw water supply, deficiencies in its treatment processes, and water quality deterioration in the distribution system. However, little attention has been paid these problems of water quality in raw water, water treatment, and household drinking water. Based on water quality data from 1979 to 2016, we show that microbes (TBC), eutrophication (TP, TN, and NH3–N), heavy metals (Fe, Mn, and Hg), and organic contamination (chemical oxygen demand (COD), detergent (Linear Alklybenzene Sulfonate, LAS), and volatile phenols (VP)) pollute the raw water sources of the Huangpu River and the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary. The average concentrations of these contaminants in the Huangpu River are almost double that of the Changjiang estuary, forcing a rapid shift to the Changjiang estuary for raw water. In spite of filtering and treatment, TN, NH3–N, Fe, COD, and chlorine maxima of the treated water and drinking water still exceed the Chinese National Standard. We determine that the relevant threats from the water source to household water in Shanghai are: (1) eutrophication arising from highly concentrated TN, TP, COD, and algal density in the raw water; (2) increasing salinity in the river estuary, especially at the Qingcaosha Reservoir (currently the major freshwater source for Shanghai); (3) more than 50% of organic constituents and by-products remain in treated water; and, (4) bacteria and turbidity increase in the course of water delivery to users. The analysis presents a holistic assessment of the water quality threats to metropolitan Shanghai in relation to the city’s rapid development.

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Maotian Li; Jing Chen; Brian Finlayson; Zhongyuan Chen; Michael Webber; Jon Barnett; Mark Wang. Freshwater Supply to Metropolitan Shanghai: Issues of Quality from Source to Consumers. Water 2019, 11, 2176 .

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Maotian Li, Jing Chen, Brian Finlayson, Zhongyuan Chen, Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Mark Wang. Freshwater Supply to Metropolitan Shanghai: Issues of Quality from Source to Consumers. Water. 2019; 11 (10):2176.

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Maotian Li; Jing Chen; Brian Finlayson; Zhongyuan Chen; Michael Webber; Jon Barnett; Mark Wang. 2019. "Freshwater Supply to Metropolitan Shanghai: Issues of Quality from Source to Consumers." Water 11, no. 10: 2176.

Original article
Published: 11 May 2019 in Geographical Research
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Protests and opposition to land acquisition from displaced peasants for fair compensation occur on a daily basis in China and have become the most prominent social problem in rural parts of the country. Employing a procedural perspective on conflict, this paper aims to uncover the complexities and tensions that are triggered in the process by drawing on a case of a land confiscation in Jining City, a medium‐size city in Shandong Province, China. Our research shows that conflicts exist at various scales: both between the local governments and rural households and between the village officials and villagers. The paper argues that ambiguity in de jure and de facto land acquisition procedures has resulted in both an escalation of conflict and increasing inequality in the outcomes and benefits of the process. We discuss and conclude that the differences between de jure and de facto procedures in the process of land acquisition are a significant institutional barrier in the resolution of conflict in this important issue for rural China.

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Mark Y.L. Wang; Yanan Song; Chen Li. Land acquisition induced conflicts in suburban China: a procedural perspective. Geographical Research 2019, 57, 275 -285.

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Mark Y.L. Wang, Yanan Song, Chen Li. Land acquisition induced conflicts in suburban China: a procedural perspective. Geographical Research. 2019; 57 (3):275-285.

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Mark Y.L. Wang; Yanan Song; Chen Li. 2019. "Land acquisition induced conflicts in suburban China: a procedural perspective." Geographical Research 57, no. 3: 275-285.

Research article
Published: 10 January 2019 in Thesis Eleven
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The availability of and demand for water in China is an extreme case of uneven distribution in time and space. In response, the South to North Water Diversion (SNWD) project, the largest inter-basin water transfer scheme in the world, channels large amounts of fresh water from the Yangtze River in southern China to the more arid and industrialised north. In order to keep the SNWD project running smoothly, a comprehensive governance system has been implemented and innovative institutional arrangements have been created to facilitate the transfer of water itself. By taking the SNWD project’s Middle Route as one case study and drawing on primary and secondary data, this article examines the project’s emerging institutional arrangements. The article outlines the establishment of new institutions for the SNWD project with high administrative rankings at both central and local levels, the encouragement of inter-department cooperation, the adoption of a market mechanism and the integration of market functions into administrative functions. We argue that these institutional arrangements have to some extent overcome common challenges in water governance in China, including an engineering-heavy approach and what Chinese commentators have traditionally called the problem of water being managed by multiple government ministries and municipal authorities as the common metaphor of ‘nine dragons managing the water’. Our findings have significant implications for understanding the continuing evolution of water governance in China.

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Mark Wang; Chen Li. An institutional analysis of China’s South-to-North water diversion. Thesis Eleven 2019, 150, 68 -80.

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Mark Wang, Chen Li. An institutional analysis of China’s South-to-North water diversion. Thesis Eleven. 2019; 150 (1):68-80.

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Mark Wang; Chen Li. 2019. "An institutional analysis of China’s South-to-North water diversion." Thesis Eleven 150, no. 1: 68-80.

Journal article
Published: 09 August 2018 in Habitat International
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The large-scale rural land acquisition projects for non-agricultural purposes has cast a long shadow on rural households' livelihoods in China. In this paper, by applying Sustainable Livelihood Framework and vulnerability approach, and based on our longitudinal study (2008–2017) on a land acquisition case in S village, Jining city, Shandong province, we discuss the dynamism of households' livelihood changes before land acquisition and in decade after land acquisition. It is found that households' different vulnerabilities and livelihood restorations in decade after land acquisition, are the results of their different capabilities of building various livelihood capitals. Another evident finding is that land acquisition as it is increasingly practiced with China's rapid urbanisation process has triggered risks to most rural households' livelihoods. The implications of the research indicate the necessity of local governments to guarantee for sustaining rural households' livelihoods after land acquisition.

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Chen Li; Mark Wang; Yanan Song. Vulnerability and livelihood restoration of landless households after land acquisition: Evidence from peri-urban China. Habitat International 2018, 79, 109 -115.

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Chen Li, Mark Wang, Yanan Song. Vulnerability and livelihood restoration of landless households after land acquisition: Evidence from peri-urban China. Habitat International. 2018; 79 ():109-115.

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Chen Li; Mark Wang; Yanan Song. 2018. "Vulnerability and livelihood restoration of landless households after land acquisition: Evidence from peri-urban China." Habitat International 79, no. : 109-115.

Original articles
Published: 21 June 2018 in Tourism Planning & Development
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The ability of the poor to participate gainfully in pro-poor tourism (PPT) projects is an important but understudied factor in determining poverty alleviation impact. This study aims to address this knowledge gap by exploring the relationship between participation, income, and livelihood capital at the household level using China as a case study. We examined eight PPT projects in southern Shaanxi, a poverty-stricken region that has abundant tourism resources. Our comparative approach revealed the differences between participating and non-participating households. We found that the level of participation is 36% and the main form of participation was through family-run businesses. Participating households earned a significantly higher income than non-participating households. The former also had significantly more material, financial, political, social, and human capital. These findings underscore the capability of tourism as a poverty alleviation tool and reveal problems regarding the growing inequality between participating and non-participating households.

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Kevin Lo; Jie Li; Mark Wang; Cong Li; Shuzhuo Li; Ying Li. A Comparative Analysis of Participating and Non-Participating Households in Pro-Poor Tourism in Southern Shaanxi, China. Tourism Planning & Development 2018, 16, 318 -333.

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Kevin Lo, Jie Li, Mark Wang, Cong Li, Shuzhuo Li, Ying Li. A Comparative Analysis of Participating and Non-Participating Households in Pro-Poor Tourism in Southern Shaanxi, China. Tourism Planning & Development. 2018; 16 (3):318-333.

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Kevin Lo; Jie Li; Mark Wang; Cong Li; Shuzhuo Li; Ying Li. 2018. "A Comparative Analysis of Participating and Non-Participating Households in Pro-Poor Tourism in Southern Shaanxi, China." Tourism Planning & Development 16, no. 3: 318-333.

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Published: 01 April 2018 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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This study contributes to research on the land–growth–environment nexus by putting emphasis on assessing the quality of land urbanization using our evaluation index system from four aspects: suitability of land urbanization, social, economic and ecological benefits of urban land use. By employing Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA), this paper concerns the spatial-temporal characteristics of land urbanization quality(LUQ) in the 285 prefecture-level cities over the past decade. In analyzing the determinants of LUQ, this paper starts from addressing the driving forces of LUQ in six urban agglomerations from the perspective of economic development, land market and local governments’ behavior. The results indicate that land urbanization in China has relatively positive spatial autocorrelation with significant agglomeration effect. The path of LUQ in 285 prefecture-level cities fits in the waves of urban development and land use policy in the country. Moreover, the levels of urban land marketization and economic growth are the most common determinants while local governments behavior mostly influence the western region of China. These findings may suggest that development of urban agglomeration needs to be further promoted and more emphasis of New-type urbanization should be given to improve the urban layout and morphology.

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Wenjing Zhang; Mark Wang. Spatial-temporal characteristics and determinants of land urbanization quality in China: Evidence from 285 prefecture-level cities. Sustainable Cities and Society 2018, 38, 70 -79.

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Wenjing Zhang, Mark Wang. Spatial-temporal characteristics and determinants of land urbanization quality in China: Evidence from 285 prefecture-level cities. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2018; 38 ():70-79.

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Wenjing Zhang; Mark Wang. 2018. "Spatial-temporal characteristics and determinants of land urbanization quality in China: Evidence from 285 prefecture-level cities." Sustainable Cities and Society 38, no. : 70-79.

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Published: 01 March 2018 in Habitat International
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Kevin Lo; Mark Wang. How voluntary is poverty alleviation resettlement in China? Habitat International 2018, 73, 34 -42.

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Kevin Lo, Mark Wang. How voluntary is poverty alleviation resettlement in China? Habitat International. 2018; 73 ():34-42.

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Kevin Lo; Mark Wang. 2018. "How voluntary is poverty alleviation resettlement in China?" Habitat International 73, no. : 34-42.

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Published: 15 February 2017 in Regional Environmental Change
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Maotian Li; Brian Finlayson; Michael Webber; Jon Barnett; Sophie Webber; Sarah Rogers; Zhongyuan Chen; Taoyuan Wei; Jing Chen; Xiaodan Wu; Mark Wang. Erratum to: Estimating urban water demand under conditions of rapid growth: the case of Shanghai. Regional Environmental Change 2017, 17, 1163 -1164.

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Maotian Li, Brian Finlayson, Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Sophie Webber, Sarah Rogers, Zhongyuan Chen, Taoyuan Wei, Jing Chen, Xiaodan Wu, Mark Wang. Erratum to: Estimating urban water demand under conditions of rapid growth: the case of Shanghai. Regional Environmental Change. 2017; 17 (4):1163-1164.

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Maotian Li; Brian Finlayson; Michael Webber; Jon Barnett; Sophie Webber; Sarah Rogers; Zhongyuan Chen; Taoyuan Wei; Jing Chen; Xiaodan Wu; Mark Wang. 2017. "Erratum to: Estimating urban water demand under conditions of rapid growth: the case of Shanghai." Regional Environmental Change 17, no. 4: 1163-1164.