Measuring policy analytical capacity for the environment: A case for engaging new actors

References

• H.M. Alshuwaikhat . Beijing air pollution ‘hazardous’: US embassy. 2011; Associated Foreign Press. Available from: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJTkt3-cVITDVI6xipFX4aAyYjpw?docId=CNG.d957d0999e1088b0ce61729ec5b6c9f1.5f1 (accessed 1.11.12).
   Google Scholar
• H.M. Alshuwaikhat . Strategic environmental assessment can help solve environmental impact assessment failures in developing countries. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 25(4): 2005; 307–317.
   Google Scholar
• D. Archibugi , A. Coco . Measuring technological capabilities at the country level: A survey and a menu for choice. Research Policy. 34(2): 2005; 175–194.
   Google Scholar
• K. Bäckstrand . Civic science for sustainability: Reframing the role of experts, policy-makers and citizens in environmental governance. Global Environmental Politics. 3(4): 2003; 24–41.
   Google Scholar
• C.J. Bennett , M. Howlett . The lessons of learning: Reconciling theories of policy learning and policy change. Policy Sciences. 25(3): 1992; 275–294.
   Google Scholar
• P.K. Blind . Building trust in government in the twenty-first century: Review of literature and emerging issues. 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government Building Trust in Government. 2007, June; 26–29.
   Google Scholar
• C.J.A. Bradshaw , X. Giam , N.S. Sodhi . Evaluating the relative environmental impact of countries. PLoS ONE. 5(5): 2010; e10440.
   Google Scholar
• D. Carrington . Citizen scientists: Now you can link the UK winter deluge to climate change. The Guardian. 2014. Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2014/mar/04/citizen-scientists-now-you-can-link-the-uk-winter-deluge-to-climate-change .
   Google Scholar
• D.W. Case . The law and economics of environmental information as regulation. Environmental Law Reporter. 31 2001; 10773–10789.
   Google Scholar
• M. Castells . The rise of the network society. Volume I of the information age: Economy, society, and culture. 1996; Blackwell: Malden, MA
   Google Scholar
• M. Castells . The power of identity. Volume II of the information age: Economy, society, and culture. 1997; Blackwell: Malden, MA
   Google Scholar
• M. Castells . End of millennium. Volume III. Economy, society and culture. 1997; Blackwell: Malden, MA
   Google Scholar
• Coca-Cola . Water Stewardship. 2012. Available from: http://www.coca-colacompany.com/sustainabilityreport/world/water-stewardship.html#section-looking-ahead-a-more-nuanced-approach-to-replenishment .
   Google Scholar
• T. Dietz , E. Ostrom , P.C. Stern . The struggle to govern the commons. Science. 302(5652): 2003; 1907–1912.
   Google Scholar
• S. Dinda . Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis: A survey. Ecological Economics. 49 2004; 431–455.
   Google Scholar
• E.C. Economy . The river runs black: The environmental challenge to China's future. 2004; Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY
   Google Scholar
• D.C. Esty . Toward data-driven environmentalism: The environmental sustainability index. The Environmental Law Reporter: News & Analysis. 2001, May; 2001.
   Google Scholar
• D.C. Esty . Environmental protection in the information age. New York University Law Review. 79 2004; 115–211.
   Google Scholar
• F. Fischer . Citizen participation and the democratization of policy expertise: From theoretical inquiry to practical cases. Policy Sciences. 26(3): 1993; 165–187.
   Google Scholar
• A. Florini . Introduction: The battle over transparency. Ann Florini . The right to know: Transparency for an open world. 2007; Columbia University Press: New York 1–16.
   Google Scholar
• J. Foulon , P. Lanoie , B. Laplante . Incentives for pollution control: Regulation or information?. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 44(1): 2002; 169–187.
   Google Scholar
• R. Froese , D. Zeller , K. Kleisner , D. Pauly . What catch data can tell us about the status of global fisheries. Marine Biology. 2012 10.1007/s00227-012-1909-6.
   Google Scholar
• F. Fukuyama . What is governance?. Governance. 26(3): 2013; 347–368.
   Google Scholar
• G.M. Grossman , A.B. Krueger . Economic growth and the environment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 110(2): 1995; 353–377.
   Google Scholar
• D. Guan , Z. Liu , Y. Geng , S. Lindner , K. Hubacek . The gigatonne gap in China's carbon dioxide inventories. Nature Climate Change. 2 2012; 672–675.
   Google Scholar
• P.S.A. Gupta , J. Christopher , R. Wang , Y. Lee Gehrig , N. Kumar . Atmospheric Environment. 40 2006; 5880–5892.
   Google Scholar
• M. Hammersley . Is the evidence-based practice movement doing more good than harm? Reflections on Iain Chalmers’ case for research-based policy making and practice. Evidence & Policy: A Journal Of Research, Debate and Practice. 1(1): 2005; 85–100.
   Google Scholar
• G. Harris . Beijing's air would be a step up for smoggy Delhi. The New York Times. 2014, January. 26.
   Google Scholar
• M. Howlett . Policy analytical capacity and evidence-based policy-making: Lessons from Canada. Canadian Public Administration. 52(2): 2009; 153–175.
   Google Scholar
• M. Howlett , S. Joshi-Koop . Transnational learning, policy analytical capacity, and environmental policy convergence: Survey results from Canada. Global Environmental Change. 21(1): 2011; 85–92.
   Google Scholar
• A. Hsu . Limitations and challenges of provincial environmental protection Bureaus in China's environmental monitoring, reporting, and verification. Environmental Practice. 15(3): 2013; 280–292.
   Google Scholar
• A. Hsu , J. Emerson , M. Levy , A. de Sherbinin , L. Johnson , O. Malik . The 2014 environmental performance index. 2014; Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy: New Haven, CT Available from: http://www.epi.yale.edu .
   Google Scholar
• A. Hsu , D. Yin . New air quality index may help India's cities breathe easier. The Huffington Post. 2014, August. Available from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/angel-hsu/new-air-quality-index-may_b_5674853.html .
   Google Scholar
• International Development Association . Measuring results: Improving national statistics in IDA countries. 2004; IDA.
   Google Scholar
• M. Jänicke . The political system's capacity for environmental policy. In National environmental policies. 1997; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 1–24.
   Google Scholar
• M. Jänicke . Trend-setters in environmental policy: The character and role of pioneer countries. European Environment. 15(2): 2005; 129–142.
   Google Scholar
• S. Kim , C. Robson , T. Zimmerman , J. Pierce , E.M. Haber . Creek watch: Pairing usefulness and usability for successful citizen science. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. 2011, May; ACM. 2125–2134.
   Google Scholar
• M. Kinver . Citizen science study to map the oceans’ plankton. BBC News. 2014. Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26483166 .
   Google Scholar
• P.R. Kleindorfer , E.W. Orts . Informational regulation of environmental risks. Risk Analysis. 18 1999; 155–170.
   Google Scholar
• KPMG . The KPMG survey of corporate sustainability reporting 2013. 2013. Available from: http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/corporate-responsibility/Documents/corporate-responsibility-reporting-survey-2013.pdf .
   Google Scholar
• K. Levin , B. Cashore , S. Bernstein , G. Auld . Playing it forward: Path dependency, progressive incrementalism, and the ‘Super Wicked’problem of global climate change. International studies association 48th annual convention, February (Vol. 28). 2007, February
   Google Scholar
• K. Lieberthal . Introduction. Lieberthal G. Kenneth , M. David Lampton . Bureaucracy, politics, and decision making in post-Mao China. 1992; University of California Press: Berkeley
   Google Scholar
• L. Lim . Beijing's ‘Airpocalypse’ spurs pollution controls, public pressure. NPR. 2013. Available from: http://www.npr.org/2013/01/14/169305324/beijings-air-quality-reaches-hazardous-levels (accessed 25.07.13).
   Google Scholar
• O. Malik , A. Hsu , L. Johnson , A.A. de Sherbinin . A global indicator of wastewater treatment to inform the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Environmental Science and Policy. 48 2015; 172–185.
   Google Scholar
• S. Metzenbaum . Making measurement matter: The challenge and promise of building a performance-focused environmental protection center. Report CPM-98-2. 1998; Brookings Institution's Center for Public Management: Washington, D.C. http://www.brook.edu/gs/cpm/metzenbaum.pdf .
   Google Scholar
• A.P.J. Mol . Environmental governance in the information age: The emergence of informational governance. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 24 2006; 497–514.
   Google Scholar
• A.P.J. Mol . Environmental governance through information: China and Vietnam. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 30 2009; 114–129.
   Google Scholar
• J. Mazoomdaar . Why Delhi is losing its clean air war. BBC News. 2014, February. Available from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-26012671 .
   Google Scholar
• S. Mukherjee , D. Chakraborty . Is environmental sustainability influenced by socioeconomic and sociopolitical factors? Cross-country empirical analysis. Sustainable Development. 2010
   Google Scholar
• OECD . Guidelines on the protection of privacy and transborder flows of personal data — 2013 revision. 2013; OECD: Paris Available from: http://www.oecd.org/sti/ieconomy/privacy.htm#newguidelines .
   Google Scholar
• W. Parsons . Not just steering but weaving: Relevant knowledge and the craft of building policy capacity and coherence. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 63(1): 2004; 43–57.
   Google Scholar
• L. Raschid-Sally , P. Jayakody . Drivers and characteristics of wastewater agriculture in developing countries: Results from a global assessment. Vol. 127 2009; IWMI.
   Google Scholar
• N. Riddell . Policy research capacity in the Federal Government. 2007; Policy Research Initiative: Ottawa
   Google Scholar
• R.I. Rotberg . Good governance means performance and results. Governance. 2014
   Google Scholar
• P. Sabatier , H.C. Jenkins-Smith . Policy change and learning: An advocacy coalition approach. 1993; Westview Press: Boulder
   Google Scholar
• D. Stern . The rise and fall of the environmental Kuznets curve. Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics. 2003. Available from: www.economics.rpi.edu/workingpapers/rpi0302.pdf (accessed 27.12.12).
   Google Scholar
• J. Stiglitz . Transparency in government. The right to tell. 2002; The World Bank: Washington, DC
   Google Scholar
• H. Stout . Newly wary, shoppers trust cash. The New York Times. 2014, February. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/business/newly-wary-shoppers-trust-cash.html?_r=0 .
   Google Scholar
• B.L. Sullivan , C.L. Wood , M.J. Iliff , R.E. Bonney , D. Fink , S. Kelling . eBird: A citizen-based bird observation network in the biological sciences. Biological Conservation. 142(10): 2009; 2282–2292.
   Google Scholar
• T. Tietenberg . Disclosure strategies for pollution control. Environmental & Resource Economics. 11 1998; 587–588.
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA . Particulate matter. 2013. Available from: http://www.epa.gov/pm/ (accessed 10.02.13).
   Google Scholar
• US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA . Next generation air monitoring. 2014. Available from: http://www.epa.gov/airscience/next-generation-air-measuring.htm .
   Google Scholar
• UN . What is the data revolution? UN high-level panel on the post-2015 development agenda. 2013. Available from: http://www.post2015hlp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/What-is-the-Data-Revolution.pdf .
   Google Scholar
• United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD . System of environmental-economic accounting for water. 2012; United Nations: New York 196. Available from: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/seeaw/seeawaterwebversion.pdf .
   Google Scholar
• K. Van Kersbergen , F. Van Warden . ‘Governance’ as a bridge between disciplines: Cross-disciplinary inspiration regarding shifts in governance and problems of governability, accountability and legitimacy. European Journal of Political Research. 43 2004; 143–171.
   Google Scholar
• H. Wang , J. Bi , D. Wheeler , J. Wang , D. Cao , G. Lu . Environmental performance rating and disclosure: China's GreenWatch program. Journal of Environmental Management. 71 2004; 123–133.
   Google Scholar
• A. Wiggins , G. Newman , R.D. Stevenson , K. Crowston . Mechanisms for data quality and validation in citizen science. 2011 IEEE seventh international conference on IEEE. 2011, December; 14–19.
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization (WHO . Ambient (outdoor) air pollution in cities database 2014. 2014; World Health Organization: Geneva Available from: http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/cities/en/ .
   Google Scholar
• X. Wu , M. Ramesh , M. Howlett . Blending skills and resources: A matrix model of policy capacities. Paper presented at the Lee Kuan Yew School-Zhejiang Workshop on Policy Capacity Hangzhou. China 2014, May
   Google Scholar
• Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, and the City University of Hong Kong . Towards a China environmental performance index. 2011. Available from: http://environment.yale.edu/envirocenter/files/China-EPI-Report.pdf .
   Google Scholar