Local Area Quotas for Industrial Emissions along Reaches of the Pearl River in Guangdong

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2008-01-11
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Thereisanobviousdeparturefromtheregionalequi-libriumofdevelopmentsbetweentheupperandlowerreachesofthePearlRiverinGuangdong,whichresultedin'theeffectsofcontra-geography-gradsdevelopment'.Itismainlybecausetheuprivermountainousareashavebeendeeplystuckinindustriali-zationdelayandmarginalizationplights,sothatnearly40millionlocalpeoplehaveconceivedadreamtogetridof'theviciouscircleofpoverty'byspeedingupindustrialdevelopment.Buttheproblemisthatsuchindustrializationeffortsonalargescaleinmountainousareasareencounteringthebottleneckofenviron-mentalcapacitythatstrictlylimitsindustrialemissionsalongtheupperreachesofanywatersystem.Asasolution,aninstitutionalarrangementcalled'theLocalAreaQuotasforIndustrialEmis-sionsalongthePearlRiver'isputforwardsupposedtogivecor-respondingcompensationtotherightsofindustrialdevelopmentyieldedbysomeareaswithlowerenvironmentalcapacitythroughthedistributionandtradingofIDQs.