Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels

China is undergoing the largest scale of urbanization in history and at an unprecedented pace. The construction and operation of buildings have inevitably brought severe pressures on resource conservation and environmental protection. China has initiated policies, strategies and financial incentive...

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Main Authors: Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Deng, Wu, Zhang, Yun, Xie, Linjun
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author Cheshmehzangi, Ali
Deng, Wu
Zhang, Yun
Xie, Linjun
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Deng, Wu
Zhang, Yun
Xie, Linjun
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description China is undergoing the largest scale of urbanization in history and at an unprecedented pace. The construction and operation of buildings have inevitably brought severe pressures on resource conservation and environmental protection. China has initiated policies, strategies and financial incentive schemes at national level to address these issues. It is also seen that there is a growing interest in recent years at local government level in promoting green buildings. This paper will examine the current national policies, targets and standards and then discuss how these national initiatives are reflected at provincial and city level by taking Zhejiang Province and Ningbo City as case studies. A comparison between different levels of initiatives is conducted by reviewing incentive mechanisms, technological development and compliance requirements. It is concluded that the national initiatives may be not effective without local enhancement. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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spelling nottingham-444582020-05-04T18:45:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44458/ Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels Cheshmehzangi, Ali Deng, Wu Zhang, Yun Xie, Linjun China is undergoing the largest scale of urbanization in history and at an unprecedented pace. The construction and operation of buildings have inevitably brought severe pressures on resource conservation and environmental protection. China has initiated policies, strategies and financial incentive schemes at national level to address these issues. It is also seen that there is a growing interest in recent years at local government level in promoting green buildings. This paper will examine the current national policies, targets and standards and then discuss how these national initiatives are reflected at provincial and city level by taking Zhejiang Province and Ningbo City as case studies. A comparison between different levels of initiatives is conducted by reviewing incentive mechanisms, technological development and compliance requirements. It is concluded that the national initiatives may be not effective without local enhancement. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. IOP Publuishing 2017-05-09 Article PeerReviewed Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Deng, Wu, Zhang, Yun and Xie, Linjun (2017) Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 63 . 012050. ISSN 1755-1315 Compliant mechanisms; Conservation ; Natural resources; Development status; Financial incentives; Incentive mechanism; National initiatives; National policies; Resource conservation; Technological development https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/63/1/012050 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/63/1/012050 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/63/1/012050
spellingShingle Compliant mechanisms; Conservation ; Natural resources; Development status; Financial incentives; Incentive mechanism; National initiatives; National policies; Resource conservation; Technological development
Cheshmehzangi, Ali
Deng, Wu
Zhang, Yun
Xie, Linjun
Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels
title Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels
title_full Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels
title_fullStr Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels
title_full_unstemmed Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels
title_short Green development status in Zhejiang province and the city of Ningbo, China: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels
title_sort green development status in zhejiang province and the city of ningbo, china: examination of policies, strategies and incentives at multiple levels
topic Compliant mechanisms; Conservation ; Natural resources; Development status; Financial incentives; Incentive mechanism; National initiatives; National policies; Resource conservation; Technological development
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