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Planning for Urban Environmental Pollution Governance Under Urban-Rural Integration in China


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1 College of Forestry, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, 010010, China
 

Urban-rural integration in China has resulted in the continuous migration of people to urban areas leading to the gradual elevation of the proportion of urban population in the total social population. This phenomenon has considerably aggravated the natural resources and ecological environment, causing serious environmental pollution. In this study, with Hohhot City in China as an example, five aspects of the pollution caused by urban-rural integration to urban environment were analysed and appropriate planning measures to govern urban environmental pollution were proposed. The results indicate that five main pollution issues result from urban environmental pollution caused by urban-rural integration. These problems include low-level regulation of construction waste disposal, numerous difficult-tocontrol sources of water pollutants, emergence of noise pollution as a new environmental pollution, high-level atmospheric pollution, and long-term soil pollution. The quality of urban environment could be effectively improved to realize a coordinated development of the environment and economy using four planning measures for environmental pollution governance. First, the government should establish laws and regulations for environmental pollution governance and issue environmental control plan. Second, the system of environmental pollution governance system should be standardized, and responsibilities of governing subjects should be defined. Third, capital investment on environmental protection should be broadened, and supervision of environmental pollution governance should be enhanced. Finally, the public should be stimulated to participate in environmental governance, and environmental education of the public should be reinforced. The results from this study can provide decision-making reference to explore planning measures to govern the urban environmental pollution caused by urban-rural integration by relevant governmental sectors.

Keywords

Urban-Rural Integration, Urban Environmental Pollution, Governance Planning.
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Authors

Hongxia Zhao
College of Forestry, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, 010010, China
Xiuqing Zhang
College of Forestry, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, 010010, China

Abstract


Urban-rural integration in China has resulted in the continuous migration of people to urban areas leading to the gradual elevation of the proportion of urban population in the total social population. This phenomenon has considerably aggravated the natural resources and ecological environment, causing serious environmental pollution. In this study, with Hohhot City in China as an example, five aspects of the pollution caused by urban-rural integration to urban environment were analysed and appropriate planning measures to govern urban environmental pollution were proposed. The results indicate that five main pollution issues result from urban environmental pollution caused by urban-rural integration. These problems include low-level regulation of construction waste disposal, numerous difficult-tocontrol sources of water pollutants, emergence of noise pollution as a new environmental pollution, high-level atmospheric pollution, and long-term soil pollution. The quality of urban environment could be effectively improved to realize a coordinated development of the environment and economy using four planning measures for environmental pollution governance. First, the government should establish laws and regulations for environmental pollution governance and issue environmental control plan. Second, the system of environmental pollution governance system should be standardized, and responsibilities of governing subjects should be defined. Third, capital investment on environmental protection should be broadened, and supervision of environmental pollution governance should be enhanced. Finally, the public should be stimulated to participate in environmental governance, and environmental education of the public should be reinforced. The results from this study can provide decision-making reference to explore planning measures to govern the urban environmental pollution caused by urban-rural integration by relevant governmental sectors.

Keywords


Urban-Rural Integration, Urban Environmental Pollution, Governance Planning.

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