River Management for Local Governments in China: From Public to Private
| Autor: | Xiongzhi Xue, Jiangfan Liu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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China
Conservation of Natural Resources PPP Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies lcsh:Medicine 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Public-Private Sector Partnerships Article Public interest Rivers 021105 building & construction River management non-standardization integrated river management Environmental quality 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Finance Government Local Government business.industry lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health operation framework Payment Private sector General partnership business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 10, p 2174 (2018) Volume 15 Issue 10 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | The Public and Private Partnership (PPP) model has been used to provide public services and goods. In China, local governments are willing to use the PPP model in many public services, such as integrated river management (IRM) projects, due to ease fiscal budget and the improved access to technology from the private sector. However, there has not been any specific discussion in the literature for applying the PPP model to IRM projects. In this study, we find that the PPP model results in the non-standardization of IRM projects. Our research paper builds the PPP operation framework for IRM projects. Our findings suggest that while the environmental quality evaluation system created in contracts for government payment seems to be optimal for protecting the public interest, it actually strains the partnership between the two parties and so its implementation should be considered on a case by case basis. Since the history of IRM projects using the PPP model is short, the actual performances of these types of projects has not yet been demonstrated. Local governments should be cautious about adopting the PPP model for such projects, and private companies should be cautious about their involvement. Our research will garner more scholarly attention to the application of the PPP model in complex projects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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