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System Analysis of the Historical Change of the River Leader System: Based on the Perspective of Historical Institutionalism
Received date: 2020-01-07
Accepted date: 2020-03-17
Online published: 2020-09-30
Supported by
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(71503245)
The Youth Fund Project of Dean of Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Strategic Consulting Institute(Y7X1101Q01)
In the process of implementing the River Leader System, some problems have emerged regarding its progress and effects. From the perspective of historical institutionalism, the historical change process of the River Leader System was revealed in this paper. There were two key nodes in the historical change progress of the River Leader System. In 2014, the river leader system promotion was transferred from the local government to the Ministry of Water Resources. In 2016, the River Leader System was recognized by the central government and implemented nationwide. The historical change process of the River Leader System can be divided into three periods: the creation and formation period, the pilot and diffusion period, and the promotion and strengthening period. The change in the river and lake problems was an important driving force for the historical change of the River Leader System. A path dependent phenomenon was mainly reflected in the policy diffusion scope, problem orientation, main tasks and management methods. At present, there are some shortcomings in the River Leader System, such as a lack of inter-provincial coordination, imperfect evaluation mechanism, poorly coordinated management tasks, and insufficient public participation. To solve these problems, some policy recommendations are put forward. In the short term, the River Leader System will be continuously improved and strengthened. In the long term, it will be transformed into the integrated watershed management system.
ZHENG Shihao , QIN Haibo , LI Yingming , HAO Liang , GUO Fengyuan , ZHANG Conglin . System Analysis of the Historical Change of the River Leader System: Based on the Perspective of Historical Institutionalism[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2020 , 11(4) : 414 -424 . DOI: 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2020.04.010
Fig. 1 The analysis framework of the RLS based on the Historical Institutionalism |
Table 1 Changes of the RLS in different periods |
Period | Diffusion scope | Water problem | Main task | Management methods |
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Creation and formation | Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province | Water environment problem | Organizing and leading the implementation of water environment comprehensive treatment plan, coordinating and resolving contradictions and problems in work, and implementing plans, projects, funds, and responsibilities | Administrative method, including: planning, supervision, management, etc. |
Pilot and diffusion | 25 provinces | Water resources, water environment, water ecology and water disaster problems | Improving the system of laws and regulations, establishing the restraint mechanism of planning, innovating the management mechanism of rivers and lakes, registering rights of shorelines, establishing the compensation system for occupied shoreline, regulating the approval of river-related construction projects and activities, prohibiting river-related illegal activities, strengthening daily inspections, cracking down on illegal behaviors, and strengthening dynamic monitoring of rivers and lakes management | Legislative, executive and market methods |
Promotion and strengthening | 31 provinces | Water resources, water environment, water ecology and water disaster problems | Strengthening the water resources protection, strengthening the shoreline management and protection of rivers and lakes, implementing space management of rivers and lakes, strengthening water pollution prevention and control, improving water environment treatment, strengthening water ecological restoration, strengthening law enforcement supervision | Legislative, executive, market and public participation methods |
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