Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-Simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 501275, China.
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 20;17(10):3573. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103573.
This paper aims to examine the changing factors underlying China's environmental governance, by investigating the long-term dynamic impacts of related endogenous and exogenous factors and considering regional differences in these factors. The study estimated environmental regulation intensity and employed the geographical detector technique to analyze its driving factors, based on 21 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province, China, from 1990 to 2016. The results showed that environmental regulation intensity has increased in Guangdong Province over the past 27 years. The results also indicated that local environmental governance was affected by global-local interactions and changed based on different regional developmental phases. At first, factors within a region affected local environmental policies more significantly, such as economic development and urbanization. However, in the long run, globalization's impacts have been the most important factors influencing environmental governance. Further analysis showed that environmental regulation intensity in Guangdong Province's different regions was affected by different driven factors. Our analyses contribute to the understanding of China's environmental governance and have policy implications for environmental problem management and China's construction of an ecological civilization.
本文旨在探讨中国环境治理背后变化的因素，通过调查相关内生和外生因素的长期动态影响，并考虑这些因素的区域差异。本研究基于中国广东省的 21 个地级市，估计了环境监管强度，并采用地理探测器技术分析了其驱动因素，研究时间跨度为 1990 年至 2016 年。结果表明，在过去的 27 年里，广东省的环境监管强度一直在增加。结果还表明，地方环境治理受到全球-地方相互作用的影响，并根据不同的区域发展阶段而变化。起初，一个地区内部的因素对当地的环境政策影响更大，如经济发展和城市化。然而，从长远来看，全球化的影响是影响环境治理的最重要因素。进一步的分析表明，广东省不同地区的环境监管强度受到不同驱动因素的影响。我们的分析有助于理解中国的环境治理，并对环境问题管理和中国生态文明建设具有政策意义。
