Spatial patterns of interprovincial mountain geographical names in China and implications for regional governance

Suffering from fragile environment, poor accessibility and infrastructure, as well as social,political and economic marginality, the interprovincial mountain geographical entities are difficult areas for the regional governance in China.By analyzing the spatial patterns and the influencing factors of the interprovincial mountain geographical names(IMGNs), the goal of this research is to clarify the geographical features of IMGNs and offer alternatives for the management of interprovincial mountain regions in China. The spatial visualization,the analysis of spatial agglomeration and the influencing factors of IMGNs were all implemented under a geographical information system. Results showed that there were 6869 IMGNs in China according to the database of "China's Second National Survey of Geographical Names(2014-2018)",including 4209 mountain geographical names, 1684 mountain peak geographical names and 976 the other mountain geographical names. Hunan Province had the largest number of names while Shanghai had the smallest number of names. In addition, the spatial variance of the mountain peak names and the mountain names were larger than that of the other mountain geographical names, and the IMGNs showed a significant clustering phenomenon in the southern part of China. The relative elevation and the population had an impact on the distribution of the IMGNs. The largest number of the names occurred where the relative elevation was between 1000-2000 m and where the population was between 40-50 million. Density of unnamed interprovincial mountain geographical entities declined from west to east in China. The analysis of generic names of different types of IMGNs implied that the naming of IMGNs is inconsistent. Based on these analyses, it is suggested that the government should take the IMGNs as management units, strengthen the naming of unnamed interprovincial mountain geographical entities, standardize the generic names of IMGNs and identify areas of poverty based on the survey of IMGNs.

Study on Issues Concerning Regional Intergovernmental Cooperative Governance in Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone

Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone has taken the initiative to explore how to promote public administration of interregional local governments and achieved some success in recent years. However, there are still many problems as follows: the cooperation never goes deep;the cooperative governance is devoid of necessary system guarantee and information exchange and share platform. We analyse the status quo of cooperation in regional intergovernmental public administration as follows: it integrates the hierarchy power of government; it sponsors the forum for strengthening public administration and deepening cooperation in Beibu Gulf Economic Zone; it accelerates regional transportation system building; it sets up public administration institution; it quickens the pace of innovation of management and system in Beibu Gulf Economic Zone. Finally we put forward the path to construction of regional government cooperative governance so as to promote sustainable regional development as follows: construct the composite regional administrative cooperative governance model; construct the regional administrative network organization governance model; construct regional administrative special-project-based intergovernmental cooperative governance model; construct long-term flexible regional administrative cooperative mechanism.

Research on the Collaborative Innovation Model in Regional Social Governance

Reforms in social governance are promoted by changes in social environments.Social governance models cannot be constant,and the rise of every innovative governance model is inseparable from an ever-changing society.The theoretical connotation of the collaborative innovation model in regional social governance is mainly reflected in its agents,actions,and processes.The fundamental requirements of the collaborative innovation model in regional social governance are de-administration and market-based.The key elements of the collaborative regional social governance model include:delegating power from central authorities,transferring selected social governance affairs,enhancing the development of governance capabilities in social governance agents,diversifying these agents by giving full play to the agency to strengthen the concept of collaborative governance for social governance agents,strengthening the establishment of the governance system,and ensuring the normal progress of the governance processes.The collaborative innovation model in regional social governance should be built in three aspects:a system of institutional norms,an evaluation indicator system,and law-based collaborative governance.

Study on the Collaborative Governance Mechanism of Ecological Environment in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Region under the Green Development Perspective

Natural resources and the environment,environmental capacity of China has been approaching the red alert,and long-term accumulation of ecological debt needs to be solved. The transformation of economic development mode and green economic development path are inevitable choices. The complexity and the pressureof the ecological environment governance force Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan region to change the ecological governance method. The " government-market-society" is taken as the overall framework,to build a diversified body of eco-environment collaborative governance platform. Through collaborative governance among governments,government-market collaborative governance and government-society collaborative governance,ecological capital stock is improvedin the quantity and quality,thus contributing to benigndevelopment of regional economy and society.

Loci Features of Government Office Garden in Regional Context: A Case Study of Yanhuachi in Chengdu City, China

Yanhuachi (Pool of Colorful Paintings) in west Chengdu City is a representative of government office garden among west Sichuan gardens. Gardening features of Yanhuachi were analyzed from the perspectives of landscape layout, garden architecture, plant environment and garden theme, and loci features of government office garden demonstrated by Yanhuachi in the regional context of Xishu were refined and summarized. Design of Yanhuachi displayed that water was introduced to ancient Chinese government office gardens for landscaping. This study aimed at providing references for the future regional garden construction.

Assessing performance of cross-administrative environment governance based on PSR model:An empirical analysis of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

As an effective environment governance tool,environment governance performance evaluation is an important content and method to promote the modernization of environment governance system and governance ability.The environmental pollution of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has typical cross-administrative characteristics.Based on the analysis of the major environmental pollution problems in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,according to the international environment governance PSR model,a performance evaluation system that applies to the environment governance of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is established.Meanwhile,the principal component analysis method is applied to conduct an empirical analysis of the environmental governance panel data for the 13 major cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region from 2014 to 2016.The results show that most of the cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region attach great importance to reduction of emission and pollutants,continuously alleviating the stress of environmental governance.However,the overall improvement of the environment governance performance in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has presented a polarization imbalance.There is a clear tendency for subjective biases in the implementation of environment governance and a lack of comprehensive and systematic governance.According to the environment governance performance evaluation result of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,the cross-administrative regional environment governance should improve the environment governance performance evaluation system as soon as possible,strengthen the consistency of the environment governance objectives,and implement comprehensive and systematic governance for the regional environment.

A General Overview on Children＇s Rights Situation in Kurdistan Regional Government

Undoubtedly, children are one of the biggest assets of any society and it is the duty of all authorities to have a systematic plan to educate the next generation and make a better life for children so that they can progress and be effective for their communities. In an effort, Kurdistan Regional Government （KRG） has adopted standards to improve the condition for children; however, there are challenges that remain, such as child abuse, child labor, children right＇s law, orphans, street children and etc.. In this paper, a descriptive-analytical method is used to discuss the general situation of children in today＇s Iraqi Kurdistan and the issues such as drug abuse, child labor, orphans and street children, forced marriages, sexual abuse, handicapped children, school dropouts, child soldiers, nutrition, immunization, female genital mutilation and etc. will be explained. The questions this research addresses are： How is the situation of children in Iraqi Kurdistan and what are their challenges？ Also, what is the KRG＇s strategy and through which ways can they make a better life for children and change their current status？ The author believes that nowadays, the KRG is trying to crack down on problems against children; however, their effort is not adequate and some other activities should be performed, one of which is passing the children＇s law against violence.

On the Governance of the Arctic Region under the Tragedy of the Commons

Because of global climate change,the natural environment is rapidly changing in the Arctic.The large amount of sea ice melting in the Arctic can lead to a great increase in the use of the world’s natural resources.This thesis focuses on the exploration and utilization of public waters in the Arctic region based on the economic theory of the Tragedy of the Commons,analyzes the current situation of Arctic governance,and predicts potential problems in the Arctic region,mainly including overfishing and environmental problems caused by coal and natural gas exploitation.Additionally,it makes an in-depth analysis on the current Arctic governance model based on the Arctic Council,and finally proposes some countermeasures and suggestions for Arctic governance.

Processes of Adaptation and Creation of a Territorial Governance： The Experience of the Cities of Benevento and Salerno （Campania Region, Italy）~

This paper presents some considerations about the definition and role of ＂medium-sized cities＂ in the processes of urban governance of the Italian regional systems, in line with the objectives of European programming 2007-2013. Beginning from some theoretical considerations, the research objective is to delineate the features of the ＂new urban geography＂ of Campania region as it has been formed on the base of the social and economic processes that in the last 30 years have modified the regional urban system in the widest context of Mezzogiorno. To such aim, the paper is articulated in two parts： the first one in which the fundamental passages are re-called in the processes of development of Italian urban areas that have carried to new paradigms object of theoretical approaches still in course of definition, and the second one in which such processes are considered regarding the model of urban development of Campania, on which the research is concentrated. Specifically, the paper presents the case of two ＂middle cities＂ in the Campania region： Benevento and Salerno, which play a particularly important role in the design and development of a ＂regional network of medium-sized cities＂.

Integrated Climate Change Risk Governance in China under the Background of Global Climate Governance

Climate change in the past one hundred years has brought important influence to the natural ecosystem and social-economic system of the world and China.The impact of future climate change is also long-term and huge,and many effects are negative or adverse.Therefore,from now on we must take measures adapting to climate change to overcome the adverse effects of climate change on social-economic-ecological system.In this paper,starting from the urgency of integrated climate change risk governance,the risk of natural disasters intensifying caused by climate change is briefly described,and engineering and non engineering measures of the integrated climate change risk governance in China's high risk region are proposed,as well as recommendations on integrated risk governance in the eastern,middle and western China.

Analysis of Affecting Factors to the Regional Growth and Poverty Rate in Indonesia： Applying the Heterogeneous Regression

Effective regional budget may significantly affect the development of province in Indonesia. Subsidy from central government heavily composed in regional budget. This shows low real regional income which means districts are still depending on budget from central government in general. This research aims to analyze some local factors that affect the regional growth and poverty in 28 provinces in Indonesia. Data panel and heterogeneous regression would be employed in the research. Real regional income, transfer revenue, and labor are the most significant factors to regional growth differently, but it has a different sign as well as the poverty rate. Heterogeneous regression may give better model analysis than the simple one.

Priorities of State Support of the Russian Agriculture on Federal and Regional Levels under Volatile Economic Growth

The state support of the agriculture is increasing with the globalization of Russia, the need to shape level and instruments in accordance with the WTO requirements. For Russia, rational state support of agriculture is topical according to the domestic economic problems： insufficient financing in Russia, in the regions; degradation of production facilities; turnover acreage reduction; reduction in livestock; and according to the external economic factors： the accession to the WTO, the transition to the Common Economic Space, and subsequently, the Eurasian Economic Union, global change conditions in the global food market, an increase in the world population, increasing demand for food resources, a significant increase in food prices on world markets, the increased activity of Russian agricultural producers in the world markets of grain products; ensuring of economic stability systems, critical analysis of the tools and the effectiveness of economic policy. According to the IMF, the economic has slowed down despite the state support for agriculture should stay a priority in the government＇s economic policy, in the regions.

Urban Transition Dynamics in the Regional Rescaling of the Pearl River Delta Area:a Qualitative Approach

The Pearl River Delta region has been the hub of urban vibrancy and boom ever since the country’s opening up and devolution reforms.However,the political and economic institutions of the cities in this region are so different and complicated that they pose great challenges to the integration of the whole region.This study takes one prominent experiment of urban expansion,Hengqin in Zhuhai,as a case study to investigate how institutional innovations are forged and managed to boost urban development and transitions towards sustainable growth and regional integration.We adopt a multi-level perspective framework to analyze Hengqin’s urban transition.Government archives,master plans,various documents and interviews with government officials,planners,residents,and businesses from Zhuhai,Hong Kong,and Macao are chosen as sources of the analysis,which delineates the complex interactions from a variety of stakeholders.Despite difficulties in the early days,Hengqin is now transitioning quickly,although still confronted with inter-scalar challenges.A better understanding of the governance and economic innovations that have taken place,and the investment-driven development strategies involved,will help shed light on the urban transition of other similar city regions.

区域养老服务政策协同测度、演变及其均等化效应——以长三角为例

长三角是区域一体化发展的示范,但不平衡不充分的养老服务成为其一体化进程中的短板,区域养老服务政策协同可为此提供解决方案。在构建区域养老服务政策协同测度模型的基础上,收集整理2011—2021年间长三角三省一市省级养老服务政策,通过政策量化系统评估长三角养老服务政策协同水平及演变趋势,并识别其对养老服务均等化的影响。研究结果显示,长三角养老服务政策整体处于失调与协调的不断转换状态,且省际养老服务政策协同有助于促进长三角区域养老服务均等化;同时,从设定养老服务政策协同目标导向、缩小省际养老服务政策水平差距、重塑养老服务一体化推进体系,以及构建养老服务一体化考核机制等方面,提出中国促进区域养老服务协同发展的政策建议。

政府补贴会提升返乡农民工创业绩效吗——基于西部地区脱贫县的调查

借助892份西部地区脱贫县的调研数据,运用Logit模型实证研究政府补贴对返乡农民工创业绩效的影响。研究发现,政府补贴显著提升返乡农民工的创业绩效,结果在进行稳健性检验后依然有效。异质性分析结果表明,政府补贴对涉农创业、新生代及家庭位于山区的农民工创业绩效的促进作用更明显;获得政府补贴的返乡农民工通过扩大创业规模来提高创业绩效。因此,应有效利用政府补贴,促进返乡农民工创业规模扩张;鼓励新生代农民工返乡创业,为涉农创业者群体提供多元指导,优化山区农民工家庭的创业保障体系,拓宽贫困山区农民创业路径。

差序协同:跨域环境治理多元主体的合作图式

中国式现代化是人与自然和谐共生的现代化。伴随中国式现代化向纵深推进,跨域环境治理在复杂的主体利益关系模式下表征为圈层嵌套式的差等网络结构与级序行动逻辑,即差序协同模式。从环境污染正在经历的由局部向广域转变的解域化过程来看,差序协同既源自于跨域环境治理知识生产者与接受者的分离,又归因于权力结构内部权力主客体的互动关系。受此影响,跨域环境治理极易陷入过密治理与试点空转以及制度悬浮与行为失调的藩篱与窠臼,由此阻碍“制度—效能”转化,以致“局部有效而整体失效”“有组织的不负责任”样态此起彼伏。为达到“收放自如,进退裕如”的国家治理高度,就我国跨域环境治理体系而言,我们应将政府、市场与社会视为一个抽象的连续体,并以链式思维消解行政替代困境和自治缺位困境。

“里和”与“外应”:气候变化下环湖地区的适应性治理

气候变化给青藏高原带来显著影响,更是对当地农牧民的生计造成冲击,研究当地气候变化影响及牧民应对策略,不仅是提高气候变化适应能力的起点,也是建立适应气候变化区域格局的重要支撑。基于2020和2023年对案例地Z村的两次实地调研,通过牧户问卷调查和深度访谈,按照适应性治理的三层特征,分析当地气候变化适应的成效与挑战。研究发现:面对降水和气温的变化、湖面扩大、植被变化和灾害影响,牧民积极采取多种办法来减少气候变化的影响,呈现较高的适应性与恢复力。这些适应行动的成功经验源于“里和”,包括人与人之间的合作以及人与自然间的和谐律动。但是“外应”不足仍是挑战,即案例地缺少必要的外部支持,不仅包括直接灾害救助,还包括对其适应能力可持续性的保护和应对潜在的草原生态变化。如果“外应”持续低迷,现有的适应能力终会耗尽。提出建立适应气候变化区域格局应遵循多中心治理的思路,将多个利益相关者联合起来,汇总不同地区气候变化应对的成功经验,形成多种知识的融合,才能形成对地方的有效“外应”,提高中国气候变化适应能力。

从空间规划体系到国土空间体系——兼析国土空间体系构建下的国土空间治理趋向

研究目的:分析国家治理体系和治理能力现代化背景下,国土空间体系表述的形成脉络及内在逻辑,并从国土空间体系构建视角探讨国土空间治理的未来趋向。研究方法:综合分析法与对比分析法。研究结果:国土空间具有“区域”和“要素”双重特性,建立空间规划体系旨在解决传统国土空间治理的“区域”“要素”缺乏统筹问题。从空间规划体系、国土空间规划体系到国土空间体系的演变,实质上是不断推进迈向高质量发展、强化“区域—要素”统筹的国土空间治理。在构建国土空间体系的指引下,国土空间治理既要聚焦国土空间的高质量发展,绘就国土空间协调发展蓝图,又要完善主体功能区战略和制度,做好国土空间治理的“区域—要素”统筹。研究结论:面向国土空间体系构建,国土空间治理未来应做好国土空间高质量发展导向下的“区域—要素”统筹治理。