@article{a827d00e8af74c9cb35a1324b1b0d601,
title = "The Role of Local Leaders in Environmental Concerns in Master Plans: An Empirical Study of China{\textquoteright}s Eighty Large Municipalities",
abstract = "Limited research has explored the reasons behind the level of environmental concerns in master plans in China, where serious environmental degradation has caught the world{\textquoteright}s attention and the planning regime is significantly different from those based on representative democracy. Analyzing eighty master plans of China{\textquoteright}s large municipalities, we find that the education and age of local leaders have a significant effect on environmental concerns in master plans, while their work experience and state mandate do not. We conclude that that well-educated local leaders and a more collaborative planning approach could deal more efficiently with environmental problems in China.",
keywords = "china, environmental concerns, local leader, master plan, plan evaluation",
author = "Lei Zhang and Tochen, {Rachel M.} and Michael Hibbard and Zhenghong Tang",
note = "Funding Information: I would like to thank Jian Zhang, Yiming Jiang, Xingxing Chen, Haiquan Song, and Ruiying Wang for assistance with data collection. Thanks also goes to Saul Wilson, the anonymous reviewers, and JPER editors who offered constructive suggestions and valuable comments on an earlier manuscript. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This paper is funded by Renmin University of China: the special developing and guiding fund for building world-class universities (disciplines), No. 17XNKI 001. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This paper is funded by Renmin University of China: the special developing and guiding fund for building world-class universities (disciplines), No. 17XNKI 001. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0739456X17699063",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "38",
pages = "301--313",
journal = "Journal of Planning Education and Research",
issn = "0739-456X",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "3",
}